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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, GEIST, HESS, BARRAR, BOYD, GABLER, GROVE, KNOWLES, METZGAR, MILLER, MOUL, O'NEILL, PEIFER, PYLE, REICHLEY, ROCK, VULAKOVICH AND MARSHALL, JANUARY 21, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 21, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, further providing for the registered gross weight |
3 | limit of certain registration plates. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Sections 1307(a.1), 1338(a)(9), 1341, 1342(a), |
7 | (c) and (d), 1346, 1348, 1350, 1350.1, 1351, 1352, 1353, |
8 | 1354(a), 1355, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359(a), 1360, 1362, 1363, 1364 |
9 | and 1365(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
10 | Statutes are amended to read: |
11 | § 1307. Period of registration. |
12 | * * * |
13 | (a.1) Seasonal registration.--Upon application on a form |
14 | prescribed by the department, the owner or lessee of a passenger |
15 | car, recreational motor vehicle, motorcycle, truck or farm |
16 | vehicle which does not have a gross vehicle weight rating of |
17 | more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds may register the vehicle with |
18 | the department for a period of successive months of less than |
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1 | one year. The applicant shall specify the period of months |
2 | during which the vehicle shall be registered. Except when the |
3 | department initially converts a currently valid annual |
4 | registration to a seasonal registration, the annual fee |
5 | prescribed for the vehicle by Chapter 19 (relating to fees) |
6 | shall be paid in full by the applicant regardless of the number |
7 | of months chosen for registration by the applicant. Upon receipt |
8 | of the appropriate fee and the properly completed form, |
9 | including all information required by this chapter, the |
10 | department shall issue a seasonal registration that shall expire |
11 | on the last day of the expiration month chosen by the |
12 | registrant. No insurer of a vehicle belonging to any owner or |
13 | lessee who obtains a seasonal registration and who applies for |
14 | or receives a reduced automobile insurance premium on account |
15 | thereof shall be required to provide any contractual coverage, |
16 | whether in the form of the provision of a defense or the payment |
17 | of first-party or third-party benefits or otherwise, to the |
18 | owner or lessee in connection with any event occurring during |
19 | that part of the year in which the vehicle is not registered; |
20 | and such owner or lessee shall be treated for all purposes, |
21 | including, without limitation, ascertaining rights to stack |
22 | coverages and to uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, |
23 | as a person who does not own that vehicle and has no duty to |
24 | carry financial responsibility on it for that part of the year. |
25 | * * * |
26 | § 1338. Person with disability plate and placard. |
27 | (a) Person with disability plate.--On the application of any |
28 | person who: |
29 | * * * |
30 | (9) is a person in loco parentis of a person specified |
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1 | in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8); |
2 | the department shall issue a special registration plate for one |
3 | passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not |
4 | more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds, designating the vehicle so |
5 | licensed as being used by a person with a disability. Special |
6 | plates for persons with disabilities may also be issued for |
7 | vehicles operated exclusively for the use and benefit of persons |
8 | with disabilities. In the case of a motorcycle, the department |
9 | shall issue a decal containing the international symbol for |
10 | access for persons with disabilities for display on the |
11 | registration plate. |
12 | * * * |
13 | § 1341. Special registration plates generally. |
14 | Upon request by the applicant, the department may issue |
15 | registration plates consisting of any combination of numbers, |
16 | letters or numbers and letters. These special plates may be |
17 | issued for special groups or for special purposes and bear an |
18 | appropriate designation. Special groups may charge a fee for |
19 | authorization to request a registration plate bearing the name |
20 | of the group. They shall have the same force and effect as |
21 | regular registration plates. The department may refuse any |
22 | combination of letters and numbers for cause and shall adopt |
23 | reasonable rules and regulations for the issuance of the plates |
24 | and for carrying out the provisions of this section. The |
25 | applicant shall comply with all laws and regulations pertaining |
26 | to registration including the payment of any additional fees. |
27 | The department is authorized to reissue a combination of numbers |
28 | or letters for a personal plate if the department records reveal |
29 | that no activity, such as renewal or transfer of the personal |
30 | registration plate, has occurred for a period of five or more |
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1 | consecutive years and provided that the personal registration |
2 | plate was never reported as lost or stolen. Whenever the |
3 | department reissues an inactive personal plate, the department |
4 | may purge its records of all references to the previous owners |
5 | of that personal plate. The department shall, however, note upon |
6 | its records the reissuance of the personal plate and to whom the |
7 | plate was issued. The special registration plate may be used |
8 | only on a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight |
9 | of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. If the vehicle is |
10 | licensed to a business that is not a member of the special |
11 | group, the department shall issue the plate as long as the |
12 | business owner or officer making application is a member of that |
13 | group. |
14 | § 1342. Veteran plates and placard. |
15 | (a) Severely disabled veteran plate.--On the application of |
16 | a veteran whose service-connected disability is certified at |
17 | 100% by the service unit of the armed forces in which the |
18 | veteran served or by the United States Veterans' Administration |
19 | or who has a service-connected disability of the type enumerated |
20 | in section 1338 (relating to person with disability plate and |
21 | placard), the department shall issue a special registration |
22 | plate designating the vehicle as belonging to a severely |
23 | disabled veteran. The registration plate shall have a white |
24 | background, shall have blue numbers or letters as the department |
25 | may determine, shall have the words "disabled veteran" in at |
26 | least ten-point bold type inscribed in red at the bottom of the |
27 | plate and shall include the international symbol for access for |
28 | persons with disabilities. Only one special registration plate |
29 | shall be issued to a veteran under this section. It may be used |
30 | only on a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight |
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1 | of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. In the case of a |
2 | motorcycle, the department shall issue a decal containing the |
3 | international symbol for access for persons with disabilities |
4 | and the words "disabled veteran" for display on the registration |
5 | plate. |
6 | * * * |
7 | (c) Disabled veteran plates.--On the application of any |
8 | veteran having a disability certified by the service unit of the |
9 | armed forces in which the veteran served or by the United States |
10 | Veterans' Administration as service-connected, the department |
11 | shall issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle |
12 | as belonging to a disabled veteran. The registration plate shall |
13 | have a white background, shall have numbers or letters as the |
14 | department may determine and shall have the words "disabled |
15 | veteran" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom |
16 | of the plate. Only one special registration plate shall be |
17 | issued to a veteran under this section. It may be used only on a |
18 | passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not |
19 | more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
20 | (d) Prisoner of war plate.--On the application of an ex- |
21 | prisoner of war whose imprisonment while in the service of the |
22 | armed forces of the United States is certified by the |
23 | appropriate branch of the armed forces, the department shall |
24 | issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle as |
25 | belonging to an ex-prisoner of war. The registration plate shall |
26 | contain the letters "POW" and such other numbers or letters as |
27 | the department may determine and shall have the words "prisoner |
28 | of war" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom |
29 | of the plate. Only one special registration plate shall be |
30 | issued to an ex-prisoner of war under this subsection. The |
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1 | special registration plate may be used only on a passenger car |
2 | or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than |
3 | [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
4 | * * * |
5 | § 1346. Special plates for recipients of Purple Heart. |
6 | Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the |
7 | Purple Heart, the department shall issue to such person a |
8 | special registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed |
9 | as belonging to a person who is a recipient of the Purple Heart. |
10 | A severely disabled veteran, as described in section 1342(a) |
11 | (relating to veteran plates and placard), who is qualified to |
12 | receive a plate under this section may also elect to receive a |
13 | placard under section 1342(b). The special registration plate |
14 | may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a registered |
15 | gross weight of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
16 | § 1348. Special plates for Pearl Harbor survivors. |
17 | Upon application of any person who is a survivor of Pearl |
18 | Harbor, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition |
19 | to the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the |
20 | department shall require, the department shall issue to such |
21 | person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so |
22 | licensed as belonging to a person who is a survivor of Pearl |
23 | Harbor. The special registration plate may be used only on a |
24 | passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not |
25 | more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
26 | § 1350. Special plates for veterans of Korean War. |
27 | Upon application of any person who is a veteran of the Korean |
28 | War, accompanied by a fee of $20, which shall be in addition to |
29 | the annual registration fee, and by such documentation as the |
30 | department shall require, the department shall issue to the |
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1 | person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so |
2 | licensed as belonging to a person who is a veteran of the Korean |
3 | War. The special registration plate may be used only on a |
4 | passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not |
5 | more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
6 | § 1350.1. Special plates for recipients of Korean Defense |
7 | Service Medal. |
8 | Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the |
9 | Korean Defense Service Medal, accompanied by a fee of $20 which |
10 | shall be in addition to the annual registration fee and by such |
11 | documentation as the department shall require, the department |
12 | shall issue to the person a special registration plate |
13 | designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who |
14 | is a recipient of the Korean Defense Service Medal. The |
15 | department shall design and produce the special registration |
16 | plate. The special registration plate may be used only on a |
17 | passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not |
18 | more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
19 | § 1351. Special plates for veterans of Persian Gulf War. |
20 | Upon application of any person who is a veteran of the |
21 | Persian Gulf War, accompanied by a fee of $20, which shall be in |
22 | addition to the annual registration fee, and by such |
23 | documentation as the department shall require, the department |
24 | shall issue to the person a special registration plate |
25 | designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who |
26 | is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War. The special registration |
27 | plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a |
28 | registered gross weight of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
29 | § 1352. Wild resource conservation plate. |
30 | The department, in consultation with the Wild Resource |
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1 | Conservation Board, shall design a special wild resource |
2 | conservation registration plate. Upon application of any person, |
3 | accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the |
4 | annual registration fee, the department shall issue the plate |
5 | for a passenger car, motor home, trailer or truck with a |
6 | registered gross weight of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
7 | The Wild Resource Conservation Fund shall receive $15 of each |
8 | additional fee for this plate. |
9 | § 1353. Preserve our heritage registration plate. |
10 | The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania |
11 | Historical and Museum Commission, shall design a special |
12 | preserve our heritage registration plate. Upon receipt of an |
13 | application, accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in |
14 | addition to the annual registration fee, the department shall |
15 | issue the plate for a passenger car, motor home, trailer or |
16 | truck with a registered gross weight of not more than [10,000] |
17 | 14,000 pounds. The Historical Preservation Fund shall receive |
18 | $15 of each additional fee for this plate. |
19 | § 1354. Flagship Niagara commemorative registration plate. |
20 | (a) Plate.--The department, in consultation with the |
21 | Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, shall design a |
22 | Flagship Niagara commemorative registration plate. Upon |
23 | application of any person, accompanied by a fee of $35 which |
24 | shall be in addition to the annual registration fee, the |
25 | department shall issue the plate for a passenger car, motor |
26 | home, trailer or truck with a registered gross weight of not |
27 | more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
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29 | § 1355. Zoological plate. |
30 | The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania |
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1 | Zoological Council, shall design a special zoological |
2 | registration plate. Upon application of any person, accompanied |
3 | by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the annual |
4 | registration fee, the department shall issue the plate for a |
5 | passenger car, motor home, trailer or truck with a registered |
6 | gross weight of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. The |
7 | Zoological Enhancement Fund shall receive $15 of the fee paid by |
8 | the applicant for the plate. |
9 | § 1356. Special plates for recipients of Expeditionary Forces |
10 | Medal. |
11 | Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the |
12 | Expeditionary Forces Medal, accompanied by a fee of $20 which |
13 | shall be in addition to the annual registration fee and by such |
14 | documentation as the department shall require, the department |
15 | shall issue to such person a special registration plate |
16 | designating the vehicle so registered as belonging to a person |
17 | who is a recipient of the Expeditionary Forces Medal. The |
18 | special registration plate may be used only on a passenger car |
19 | or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than |
20 | [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
21 | § 1357. Special plates for World War II veterans. |
22 | Upon application of any person who is a veteran of World War |
23 | II, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to |
24 | the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the |
25 | department shall require, the department shall issue to such |
26 | person a special registration plate carrying the symbol of a |
27 | ruptured duck designating the vehicle so registered as belonging |
28 | to a person who is a veteran of World War II. The special |
29 | registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck |
30 | with a registered gross weight of not more than [10,000] 14,000 |
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1 | pounds. |
2 | § 1358. DARE plate. |
3 | The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania |
4 | Commission on Crime and Delinquency, shall design a special drug |
5 | abuse resistance education (DARE) registration plate which |
6 | utilizes the DARE logo or slogan in the design. Upon application |
7 | of any person, accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in |
8 | addition to the annual registration fee, the department shall |
9 | issue the plate for a passenger car, motor home, trailer or |
10 | truck with a registered gross weight of not more than [10,000] |
11 | 14,000 pounds. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program shall |
12 | receive $15 of each additional fee for this plate. |
13 | § 1359. Special plates for steelworkers. |
14 | (a) General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a |
15 | steelworker, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in |
16 | addition to the annual registration fee and by such |
17 | documentation as the department shall require, the department |
18 | shall issue to such person a special registration plate |
19 | designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who |
20 | is a steelworker. The special registration plate may be used |
21 | only on a passenger car or a truck with a registered gross |
22 | weight of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. The plate shall |
23 | bear the likeness of the official emblem of the American Iron |
24 | and Steel Institute. |
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26 | § 1360. Special plates for veterans of Vietnam Conflict. |
27 | Upon application of any person who is a veteran of the |
28 | Vietnam Conflict as that term is defined for the awarding of the |
29 | Vietnam Service Medal, accompanied by a fee of $20 in addition |
30 | to the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the |
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1 | department shall require, the department shall issue to the |
2 | person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so |
3 | licensed as belonging to a person who is a veteran of the |
4 | Vietnam Conflict. The special registration plate may be used |
5 | only on a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight |
6 | of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
7 | § 1362. Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans plate. |
8 | Upon application of any person who is a veteran of the |
9 | liberation or occupation of Iraq, accompanied by a fee of $20 |
10 | which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee and by |
11 | documentation as the department shall require, the department |
12 | shall issue to the person a special registration plate |
13 | designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who |
14 | is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The special |
15 | registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck |
16 | with a registered gross weight of not more than [10,000] 14,000 |
17 | pounds. |
18 | § 1363. Operation Enduring Freedom veterans plate. |
19 | Upon application of any person who is a veteran of the |
20 | liberation or occupation of Afghanistan, accompanied by a fee of |
21 | $20 which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee |
22 | and by documentation as the department shall require, the |
23 | department shall issue to the person a special registration |
24 | plate designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a |
25 | person who is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. The |
26 | special registration plate may be used only on a passenger car |
27 | or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than |
28 | [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
29 | § 1364. Special plates for veterans. |
30 | Upon application of any person who is an honorably discharged |
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1 | veteran of the armed forces of the United States or a reserve |
2 | component of the armed forces as defined in 51 Pa.C.S. § 7301 |
3 | (relating to definitions), accompanied by a fee of $20 which |
4 | shall be in addition to the annual registration fee and by such |
5 | documentation as the department shall require, the department |
6 | shall issue to the person a special registration plate |
7 | designating the vehicle as belonging to a person who is a |
8 | veteran of the armed forces of the United States. The special |
9 | registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck |
10 | with a registered gross weight of not more than [10,000] 14,000 |
11 | pounds. |
12 | § 1365. Gold Star Family plate. |
13 | (a) General rule.--Upon application of a family member of a |
14 | person who was killed while serving on active duty in the |
15 | military, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition |
16 | to the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the |
17 | department shall require, the department shall issue to the |
18 | family member a special registration plate designating the |
19 | vehicle so licensed as belonging to a family member of a person |
20 | who was killed while serving on active duty in the military. The |
21 | department shall design and produce the special registration |
22 | plate carrying the Service Flag Gold Star rimmed with blue which |
23 | represents sacrifice to the cause of liberty and freedom. The |
24 | words "Gold Star Family" shall be clearly displayed along the |
25 | bottom of the plate. The special registration plate may be used |
26 | only on a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight |
27 | of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds. |
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29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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