(a) Designation under section 1501 or 1543.-- For drivers who were designated as habitual offenders prior to the effective date of this amendatory act solely as a result of convictions of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1501 or 1543 and for whom departmental records show that the suspensions for convictions of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1543 occurred only as a result of a suspension imposed under the authority of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1533, 1538(a) or (b) or 6146, the Department of Transportation may remove these drivers from habitual offender status and require only that they complete the other sanctions associated with the 75 Pa.C.S. § 1543 convictions. Such persons may petition the department for removal from habitual offender status and, if they are eligible for removal, shall no longer be designated as habitual offenders. (b) Other designations.-- For drivers who were designated as habitual offenders prior to the effective date of this amendatory act and who would no longer be designated as habitual offenders under the provisions of this act, the department may remove these drivers from habitual offender status and require only that they complete the other sanctions associated with those convictions. Such persons may petition the department for removal from habitual offender status and, if they are eligible for removal, shall no longer be designated as habitual offenders. 1994, DECEMBER 27, P.L.1337, NO.154
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