Bill Text: PA HB154 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: In registration of vehicles, providing for a special registration plate for veterans and members of United States military airborne units.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-08 - Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS [HB154 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB154-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 150 PRINTER'S NO. 3194
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 154 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, GEIST, GROVE, GRUCELA, HESS, MAHONEY, MANN, McILVAINE SMITH, MILLARD, M. O'BRIEN, PAYNE, PYLE, READSHAW, ROAE, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, KULA, DENLINGER, FABRIZIO, HORNAMAN AND MATZIE, JANUARY 30, 2009
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for a
special registration plate for veterans and members of United
States military airborne units.
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:
§ 1366. Special plates for United States military airborne
units.
(a) General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a
veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne
unit, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to
the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the
department shall require, the department shall issue to the
person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so
licensed as belonging to a person who is a veteran of or a
member of a United States military airborne unit. The special
registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck
with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 pounds.
The department shall design and produce the special registration
plate to display a set of jump wings and glider wings.
(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "veteran
of or a member of a United States military airborne unit"
includes parachutist or glider units, glider troopers,
paratroopers, air assault troopers, Rangers, U.S. Army Special
Forces, USMC Recon, U.S. Navy Seals, U.S. Air Force Special
Operations, Troop Carrier Command, including glider pilots and
the 160th SOAR, military personnel who satisfactorily completed
the prescribed proficiency tests while assigned or attached to
an airborne unit and any other military personnel determined by
the department to be appropriately classified as a member of a
United States military airborne parachutist or glider unit.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 120 days. <--
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