Bill Text: PA HB2033 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for auction of registration plates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-28 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB2033 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2033-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2793
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2033 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY GEORGE, HALUSKA, KORTZ, READSHAW AND STABACK, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, providing for auction of registration plates.
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:
§ 1334.2. Auction of registration plates.
The department shall develop a program for the sale, via
Internet auction, of certain registration plates issued by the
department. The program shall specify the categories of
registration plates that are eligible for sale and shall exclude
plates issued for special groups or for special purposes. The
program shall establish certain procedures to be followed by
persons selling or buying a registration plate, including
procedures for the transfer of any registration plate that is
sold and the issuance of a new registration to the buyer and to
the seller. A registration plate that is sold shall be
surrendered by the seller to the department prior to the
transfer. Upon sale of a registration plate, the seller shall
remit 25% of the sale proceeds to the department. The program
shall require the department to provide notice of the program to
all persons who have a current registration issued by the
department. The auction shall be conducted in accordance with
requirements established by the department.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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