Bill Text: PA HB98 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Further providing for special registration plates generally and for personal registration plates; and making editorial changes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 28-8)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-07 - Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS [HB98 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB98-Amended.html

SENATE AMENDED

 

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 52, 2573

PRINTER'S NO.  2892

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

98

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY J. EVANS, GEIST, BARRAR, BEAR, BOBACK, BOYD, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, DAY, DeWEESE, EVERETT, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, MANN, MILLARD, MILLER, PAYNE, PEIFER, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, WHITE, KULA, MARSHALL, MAJOR AND MURT, JANUARY 19, 2011

  

  

SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 13, 2011   

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, further providing for special registration plates

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generally and for personal registration plates; and making

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editorial changes.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Sections 1333(b.1), 1341, 1786(h)(2) and 1931 of

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Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended

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to read:

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§ 1333.  Lost, stolen, damaged or illegible registration plate.

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(b.1)  Illegible registration plate.--The department may

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reissue a registration plate upon request by a registrant when

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it is determined by an authorized representative of the

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department or law enforcement that the registration plate is

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illegible from a reasonable distance. The department may select

 


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the style of the reissued registration plate and, except in the

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case of personal registration plates issued under section 1341

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(relating to special registration plates [generally]), the

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registration plate number.

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§ 1341.  Special registration plates [generally].

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(a)  General rule.--Upon request by the applicant, the

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department may issue registration plates consisting of any

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combination of numbers, letters or numbers and letters. [These

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special plates may be issued for special groups or for special

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purposes and bear an appropriate designation. Special groups may

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charge a fee for authorization to request a registration plate

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bearing the name of the group.] They shall have the same force

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and effect as regular registration plates. The department may

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refuse any combination of letters and numbers for cause and

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shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the issuance of

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the plates and for carrying out the provisions of this section.

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The applicant shall comply with all laws and regulations

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pertaining to registration including the payment of any

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additional fees.

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(b)  Personal registration plates.--Upon request by the

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applicant, the department is authorized to issue personal

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registration plates. The department is authorized to reissue a

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combination of numbers or letters for a personal plate if the

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department records reveal that no activity, such as renewal or

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transfer of the personal registration plate, has occurred for a

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period of five or more consecutive years and provided that the

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personal registration plate was never reported as lost or

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stolen. Whenever the department reissues an inactive personal

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plate, the department may purge its records of all references to

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the previous owners of that personal plate. The department

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shall, however, note upon its records the reissuance of the

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personal plate and to whom the plate was issued. [The special] A

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personal registration plate may be used only on a passenger car, 

<--

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motorcycle or [or], motorcycle, truck with a registered gross

<--

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weight of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds, trailer or a 

<--

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motor home.

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(c)  Organization registration plates.--Upon request by the

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applicant, the department is authorized to issue organization

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registration plates. Organization registration plates may be

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issued for special groups or for special purposes and bear an

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appropriate designation. Special groups may charge a fee for

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authorization to request a registration plate bearing the name

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of the group. If the vehicle is licensed to a business that is

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not a member of the special group, the department shall issue

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the plate as long as the business owner or officer making

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application is a member of that group. An organization

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registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck

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with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds or

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a motor home.

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§ 1786.  Required financial responsibility.

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(h)  Reinstatement of voluntarily surrendered registration

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plate and card.--

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(2)  Any registration plate issued under sections 1340

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(relating to antique and classic plates) and 1341 (relating

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to [personal plate] special registration plates) shall be

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returned by the department to the owner of the motor vehicle

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upon receipt of proof of financial responsibility.

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§ 1931.  [Personal] Special registration plates.

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The fee for issuance of a [personal] special registration

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plate shall be $20 which shall be in addition to the annual

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registration fee. Only one payment of the issuance fee shall be

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charged for each [personal] special registration issued or

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replaced.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 120 days.

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