Bill Text: PA HB2377 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for municipal vehicle registration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-16 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB2377 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2377-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3538
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2377 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY PRESTON, HORNAMAN AND JOSEPHS, MAY 16, 2012
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 16, 2012
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, providing for municipal vehicle registration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1301.1. Municipal vehicle registration.
(a) General rule.--Each vehicle required to be registered
under this chapter also must be registered in the municipality
wherein the owner resides as provided for in this section.
(b) Authority.--Each municipality may adopt an ordinance
requiring the owner of any vehicle referred to in subsection (a)
to register that vehicle.
(c) Fees.--The fee each municipality may charge for such
registration shall not be more than $10 per vehicle in addition
to the cost of any sticker or emblem that may be required to be
affixed to the vehicle. Fees imposed under this subsection shall
be in addition to any other fees imposed under this chapter.
(d) Funds established.--Each municipality that enacts or
adopts an ordinance under subsection (b) shall deposit all
revenues from fees imposed under subsection (c) in a restricted
receipts account with the use of the funds restricted as
provided for in subsection (e).
(e) Use of funds.--The money deposited in the restricted
receipts accounts may only be used as follows:
(1) Local street, road and bridge maintenance.
(2) No more than 5% of total funds available may be used
for administrative costs.
(f) Regulations.--The department may promulgate regulations
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(g) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Municipality." A city of the second class A, third class
city, borough, incorporated town, township of the first or
second class, home rule municipality or any similar general
purposed unit of government. The term shall not include
counties.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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