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

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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

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SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 52, 2573 PRINTER'S NO. 2892
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 98 Session of2011
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
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for special registration plates
generally and for personal registration plates; and making
editorial changes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1333(b.1), 1341, 1786(h)(2) and 1931 of
Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
to read:
§ 1333. Lost, stolen, damaged or illegible registration plate.
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(b.1) Illegible registration plate.--The department may
reissue a registration plate upon request by a registrant when
it is determined by an authorized representative of the
department or law enforcement that the registration plate is
illegible from a reasonable distance. The department may select
the style of the reissued registration plate and, except in the
case of personal registration plates issued under section 1341
(relating to special registration plates [generally]), the
registration plate number.
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§ 1341. Special registration plates [generally].
(a) General rule.--Upon request by the applicant, the
department may issue registration plates consisting of any
combination of numbers, letters or numbers and letters. [These
special plates may be issued for special groups or for special
purposes and bear an appropriate designation. Special groups may
charge a fee for authorization to request a registration plate
bearing the name of the group.] They shall have the same force
and effect as regular registration plates. The department may
refuse any combination of letters and numbers for cause and
shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the issuance of
the plates and for carrying out the provisions of this section.
The applicant shall comply with all laws and regulations
pertaining to registration including the payment of any
additional fees.
(b) Personal registration plates.--Upon request by the
applicant, the department is authorized to issue personal
registration plates. The department is authorized to reissue a
combination of numbers or letters for a personal plate if the
department records reveal that no activity, such as renewal or
transfer of the personal registration plate, has occurred for a
period of five or more consecutive years and provided that the
personal registration plate was never reported as lost or
stolen. Whenever the department reissues an inactive personal
plate, the department may purge its records of all references to
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the previous owners of that personal plate. The department
shall, however, note upon its records the reissuance of the
personal plate and to whom the plate was issued. [The special] A
personal registration plate may be used only on a passenger car, <--
motorcycle or [or], motorcycle, truck with a registered gross <--
weight of not more than [10,000] 14,000 pounds, trailer or a <--
motor home.
(c) Organization registration plates.--Upon request by the
applicant, the department is authorized to issue organization
registration plates. Organization registration plates may be
issued for special groups or for special purposes and bear an
appropriate designation. Special groups may charge a fee for
authorization to request a registration plate bearing the name
of the group. If the vehicle is licensed to a business that is
not a member of the special group, the department shall issue
the plate as long as the business owner or officer making
application is a member of that group. An organization
registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck
with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds or
a motor home.
§ 1786. Required financial responsibility.
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(h) Reinstatement of voluntarily surrendered registration
plate and card.--
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(2) Any registration plate issued under sections 1340
(relating to antique and classic plates) and 1341 (relating
to [personal plate] special registration plates) shall be
returned by the department to the owner of the motor vehicle
upon receipt of proof of financial responsibility.
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§ 1931. [Personal] Special registration plates.
The fee for issuance of a [personal] special registration
plate shall be $20 which shall be in addition to the annual
registration fee. Only one payment of the issuance fee shall be
charged for each [personal] special registration issued or
replaced.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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