Bill Text: PA HB268 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for biennial registration of certain vehicles; and further providing for annual registration fees, for passenger cars and for trucks and truck tractors.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-27 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB268 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB268-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 221
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 268 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CARROLL, BOBACK, BOYD, B. BOYLE, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, EVERETT, GABLER, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, GRELL, HALUSKA, HARRIS, JOSEPHS, PEIFER, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SANTARSIERO, SAYLOR, K. SMITH, STURLA, WAGNER AND WHITE, JANUARY 27, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 27, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, providing for biennial registration of certain
vehicles; and further providing for annual registration fees,
for passenger cars and for trucks and truck tractors.
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:
§ 1307.2. Biennial registration of certain vehicles.
The department may establish a system for renewing the
vehicle registration of passenger cars, Class 1 trucks and Class
2 trucks on a biennial basis to owners and lessees of the
vehicles and may promulgate rules and regulations to implement
the system.
Section 2. Sections 1911(a) and 1912 of Title 75 are amended
to read:
§ 1911. Annual and biennial registration fees.
(a) General rule.--An annual or optional biennial fee for
the registration of vehicles as provided in Chapter 13 (relating
to the registration of vehicles) shall be charged by the
department as provided in this title.
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§ 1912. Passenger cars.
(a) General rule.--The annual fee for registration of a
passenger car shall be $36.
(b) Optional biennial registration.--A vehicle may be
registered for a period of two years upon payment by the
registrant of the applicable fee of $72.
Section 3. Section 1916 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 1916. Trucks and truck tractors.
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(c) Optional biennial registration.--A vehicle designated
Class 1 or Class 2 under this section may be registered for a
period of two years upon payment by the registrant of the
applicable fee of $117 for Class 1 and $162 for Class 2.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 180 days.
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