§ 1545. Restoration of operating privilege.
Upon the restoration of any person's operating privilege which has been suspended
or revoked pursuant to this subchapter or pursuant to Chapter 38 (relating to driving
after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs), such person's record shall show five points,
except that any additional points assessed against the person since the date of the
last violation resulting in the suspension or revocation shall be added to such five
points unless the person has served an additional period of suspension or revocation
pursuant to section 1544(a) (relating to additional period of revocation or suspension).
This section shall not apply to section 1533 (relating to suspension of operating
privilege for failure to respond to citation) or to 18 Pa.C.S. § 6310.4 (relating
to restriction of operating privileges).
(June 23, 1982, P.L.605, No.171, eff. imd.; June 16, 1989, P.L.25, No.8, eff. imd.;
Sept. 30, 2003, P.L.120, No.24, eff. Feb. 1, 2004)
References in Text. 18 Pa.C.S. § 6310.4, referred to in the section, was repealed by the act of October
24, 2018 (P.L.659, No.95).
Cross References. Section 1545 is referred to in sections 1532, 3717 of this title.
Notes of Decisions
Shuman v. Commonwealth, 419 A.2d 810 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1980).
· cites it 4× “At the time of this restoration, his record showed a total accumulation of five points pursuant to Section 1545 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C. S. §1545, which provides: Upon the restoration of any person’s operating privilege which has been suspended or revoked .”
Commonwealth v. Elliott, 599 A.2d 1335 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1991).
· cites it 2× “Reinstatement of operating privilege shall be governed by 75 Pa.C.S. § 1545 (relating to restoration of operating privilege).”
Faulstick v. Commonwealth, 445 A.2d 554 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1982).
“The Bureau’s records admitted into evidence do not indicate why the five points were assessed.”
Lewis v. Commonwealth, 458 A.2d 1053 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1983).
“Upon receiving notice of Appellant’s responses, the Bureau terminated the suspensions imposed pursuant to Section 1533 of the Vehicle Code, and added five points to Appellant’s record pursuant to the mandate of Section 1545 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C. S. §1545. The Bureau…”
Dardozzi v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Transp., Bureau of Driver Licensing, 660 A.2d 205 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1995).
· cites it 3× “) On November 20, 1992, DOT restored Licensee’s operating privilege from this suspension and assessed five points to his driving record as required by 75 Pa.C.S. § 1545. 3 (R.R. at 26a.) *207 Almost one year later, on November 3, 1993, Licensee was cited for travelling 84 miles…”
Hamilton v. Commonwealth, 510 A.2d 857 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1986).
“This is in accordance with Section 1545 of the Vehicle Code (Code), 75 Pa. C. S. §1545, which states that upon restoration of operating privileges the driver’s record shall show five points.”
Darr v. Commonwealth, 418 A.2d 794 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1980).
· cites it 2× “He argues that the 11-point suspension should not have been assessed until the end of his 30-day suspension, at which time his accumulation of points would have been reduced under Section 1545 of the Code, 75 Pa. C.S. §1545, 5 to five points. Therefore, he contends, his new…”
Commonwealth v. Gearhart, 413 A.2d 1161 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1980).
“Upon restoration, the Department assessed an additional point against his driving record in order to bring his point total to five, in accordance with 75 Pa. C.S. §1545, which reads: Upon the restoration of any person’s operating privilege which has been suspended or revoked…”
Commonwealth v. Dickson, 437 A.2d 1334 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1981).
“75 Pa. C. S. §1545. This Section provides, in pertinent part as follows: “Upon restoration of any person’s operating privilege which has been suspended pursuant to this subchapter, such person’s record shall show five points.”
Commonwealth v. Pineno, 538 A.2d 141 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1988).
“At that time, pursuant to Section 1545 of the Code, 75 Pa. C. S. §1545, Appellee had a total of five points.”
Brennan v. Commonwealth, 539 A.2d 496 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1988).
“1 On November 28, 1983, Appellants driving privileges were reinstated from a previous suspension, but under Section 1545 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C. S. §1545, he was automatically assessed five points when his license was returned.”
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