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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, CALTAGIRONE, GEIST, GRUCELA, MAHONEY, McILVAINE SMITH, READSHAW, ROHRER, SIPTROTH, WHITE AND DENLINGER, JANUARY 30, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for |
3 | the requirement for use of "miscellaneous motor vehicle |
4 | business" registration plates. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Section 1337 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania |
8 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
9 | § 1337. Use of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business" |
10 | registration plates. |
11 | (a) General rule.--The department shall issue to owners of |
12 | miscellaneous motor vehicle businesses with established places |
13 | of business special registration plates which may be displayed |
14 | on vehicles operated on highways in lieu of registering each |
15 | vehicle individually. Registration plates issued under this |
16 | section may be displayed upon vehicles only as provided for each |
17 | of the following classes of miscellaneous motor vehicle |
18 | business: |
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1 | (1) For a repair or towing business: |
2 | (i) upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the |
3 | repair business to retrieve, tow or deliver other |
4 | vehicles or parts; and |
5 | (ii) upon vehicles being repaired. |
6 | (2) For a vehicle salvage dealer business: |
7 | (i) upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the |
8 | vehicle salvage dealer's business to retrieve or deliver |
9 | vehicles, vehicle hulks, parts or materials; and |
10 | (ii) upon vehicles being transported on their own |
11 | wheels for the purpose of being dismantled or recycled. |
12 | (3) For a transporter business upon vehicles being |
13 | transported on their own wheels in the conduct of the |
14 | transporter business. |
15 | (4) For a financier or collector-repossessor business: |
16 | (i) upon vehicles being used to pick up vehicles |
17 | that are being repossessed; and |
18 | (ii) upon vehicles being repossessed. |
19 | (5) For a watercraft trailer business: |
20 | (i) upon trailers used for the delivery of a new |
21 | boat to its purchaser; |
22 | (ii) upon trailers used for the transport of a used |
23 | boat which is to be resold by the dealer; and |
24 | (iii) upon trailers used for the transport of boats |
25 | by a dealer to or from another boat dealer, warehouse, |
26 | storage facility, boat show or repair facility or to and |
27 | from a location where a boat is to be demonstrated, |
28 | tested or inspected. |
29 | (5.1) For an automotive detailing and cosmetic grooming |
30 | business: |
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1 | (i) upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the |
2 | automotive detailing and cosmetic grooming business to |
3 | retrieve or deliver vehicles, parts or materials; and |
4 | (ii) upon vehicles being transported on their own |
5 | wheels for the purpose of being detailed or groomed. |
6 | (6) For all classes of miscellaneous motor vehicle |
7 | businesses upon vehicles used for the personal pleasure or |
8 | use of the owner of the miscellaneous motor vehicle business |
9 | or members of the owner's immediate family, or when the |
10 | business is a corporation, upon vehicles used for the |
11 | pleasure or use of not more than three officers or members of |
12 | the officer's immediate family or for the personal use of the |
13 | regular employees of the business when operated by the |
14 | employee. |
15 | All vehicles specified in paragraphs (1)(i), (2)(i), (4)(i), |
16 | (5.1)(i) and (6) must be titled in the name of the business or |
17 | family member and sales tax must be paid. |
18 | (b) Application for registration.--Application for |
19 | registration in any of the "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle |
20 | Business" classes shall be made upon a form provided by the |
21 | department and shall set forth the full name and business |
22 | address of the applicant and such other information as the |
23 | department shall require. The application shall be verified by |
24 | the oath or affirmation of the applicant or, if the applicant is |
25 | a partnership or a corporation, by a partner or officer. |
26 | (c) Classes of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business".-- |
27 | (1) Repair or towing.--Any person regularly engaged in |
28 | the business of mechanical or body repairs or towing for |
29 | direct compensation of motor vehicles owned and operated by |
30 | other persons. |
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1 | (2) Vehicle salvage dealer.--Any person regularly |
2 | engaged in the business of acquiring and dismantling used, |
3 | wrecked, damaged, abandoned or salvage vehicles for the |
4 | purpose of selling the usable parts and selling the remaining |
5 | vehicle hulk materials for recycling or processing. |
6 | (3) Transporter.--Any person regularly engaged in the |
7 | business of transporting new or used vehicles on their own |
8 | wheels, owned by or in possession of a manufacturer or |
9 | dealer. |
10 | (4) Financier or collector-repossessor.--Any person who |
11 | is duly authorized by the Department of Banking to do |
12 | business in this Commonwealth as a financier or collector- |
13 | repossessor and who is regularly engaged in the business of |
14 | financing sales, making loans on the security of vehicles or |
15 | repossessing vehicles which are the subject of installment |
16 | sales contracts as an independent contractor. |
17 | (5) Watercraft trailer dealer.--Any person regularly |
18 | engaged in the business of selling watercraft and trailers |
19 | used exclusively for the transport of the watercraft. |
20 | (6) Automotive detailing and cosmetic grooming.--Any |
21 | person regularly engaged in the business of automotive |
22 | detailing and cosmetic grooming. |
23 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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