THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

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.