Bill Text: PA HB149 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In registration of vehicles, further providing for the requirement for use of "miscellaneous motor vehicle business" registration plates.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-30 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB149 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB149-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 145
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 149 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, CALTAGIRONE, GEIST, GRUCELA, MAHONEY, McILVAINE SMITH, READSHAW, ROHRER, SIPTROTH, WHITE AND DENLINGER, JANUARY 30, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
the requirement for use of "miscellaneous motor vehicle
business" registration plates.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1337 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1337. Use of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business"
registration plates.
(a) General rule.--The department shall issue to owners of
miscellaneous motor vehicle businesses with established places
of business special registration plates which may be displayed
on vehicles operated on highways in lieu of registering each
vehicle individually. Registration plates issued under this
section may be displayed upon vehicles only as provided for each
of the following classes of miscellaneous motor vehicle
business:
(1) For a repair or towing business:
(i) upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the
repair business to retrieve, tow or deliver other
vehicles or parts; and
(ii) upon vehicles being repaired.
(2) For a vehicle salvage dealer business:
(i) upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the
vehicle salvage dealer's business to retrieve or deliver
vehicles, vehicle hulks, parts or materials; and
(ii) upon vehicles being transported on their own
wheels for the purpose of being dismantled or recycled.
(3) For a transporter business upon vehicles being
transported on their own wheels in the conduct of the
transporter business.
(4) For a financier or collector-repossessor business:
(i) upon vehicles being used to pick up vehicles
that are being repossessed; and
(ii) upon vehicles being repossessed.
(5) For a watercraft trailer business:
(i) upon trailers used for the delivery of a new
boat to its purchaser;
(ii) upon trailers used for the transport of a used
boat which is to be resold by the dealer; and
(iii) upon trailers used for the transport of boats
by a dealer to or from another boat dealer, warehouse,
storage facility, boat show or repair facility or to and
from a location where a boat is to be demonstrated,
tested or inspected.
(5.1) For an automotive detailing and cosmetic grooming
business:
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(i) upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the
automotive detailing and cosmetic grooming business to
retrieve or deliver vehicles, parts or materials; and
(ii) upon vehicles being transported on their own
wheels for the purpose of being detailed or groomed.
(6) For all classes of miscellaneous motor vehicle
businesses upon vehicles used for the personal pleasure or
use of the owner of the miscellaneous motor vehicle business
or members of the owner's immediate family, or when the
business is a corporation, upon vehicles used for the
pleasure or use of not more than three officers or members of
the officer's immediate family or for the personal use of the
regular employees of the business when operated by the
employee.
All vehicles specified in paragraphs (1)(i), (2)(i), (4)(i),
(5.1)(i) and (6) must be titled in the name of the business or
family member and sales tax must be paid.
(b) Application for registration.--Application for
registration in any of the "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle
Business" classes shall be made upon a form provided by the
department and shall set forth the full name and business
address of the applicant and such other information as the
department shall require. The application shall be verified by
the oath or affirmation of the applicant or, if the applicant is
a partnership or a corporation, by a partner or officer.
(c) Classes of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business".--
(1) Repair or towing.--Any person regularly engaged in
the business of mechanical or body repairs or towing for
direct compensation of motor vehicles owned and operated by
other persons.
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(2) Vehicle salvage dealer.--Any person regularly
engaged in the business of acquiring and dismantling used,
wrecked, damaged, abandoned or salvage vehicles for the
purpose of selling the usable parts and selling the remaining
vehicle hulk materials for recycling or processing.
(3) Transporter.--Any person regularly engaged in the
business of transporting new or used vehicles on their own
wheels, owned by or in possession of a manufacturer or
dealer.
(4) Financier or collector-repossessor.--Any person who
is duly authorized by the Department of Banking to do
business in this Commonwealth as a financier or collector-
repossessor and who is regularly engaged in the business of
financing sales, making loans on the security of vehicles or
repossessing vehicles which are the subject of installment
sales contracts as an independent contractor.
(5) Watercraft trailer dealer.--Any person regularly
engaged in the business of selling watercraft and trailers
used exclusively for the transport of the watercraft.
(6) Automotive detailing and cosmetic grooming.--Any
person regularly engaged in the business of automotive
detailing and cosmetic grooming.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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