PRINTER'S NO. 815
No. 723 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY RAMOS, KIRKLAND, SAYLOR, HALUSKA, STABACK, LYNCH,
C. WILLIAMS, MIHALICH, HORSEY, HESS, COLAFELLA, MELIO, DALEY,
BROWNE, YOUNGBLOOD, CARN AND TRELLO, MARCH 11, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 11, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for vehicle registration; and
3 increasing certain penalties.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 1305(a), 1308(a), 1331(c), 7121 and 7122
7 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are
8 amended to read:
9 § 1305. Application for registration.
10 (a) General rule.--Application for the registration of a
11 vehicle shall be made to the department upon the appropriate
12 form or forms furnished by the department. The application shall
13 contain the full name and address of the owner or owners; the
14 make, model, year and vehicle identification number of the
15 vehicle; the color of the vehicle; the vehicle owner's personal
16 information, including date of birth, operator's license number
17 and social security number; and such other information as the
18 department may require. Applicants for registration of a truck,
1 truck tractor, trailer or bus shall provide the vehicle's Gross
2 Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR), or the Gross Combination Weight
3 Rating (GCWR), as applicable. If the manufacturer's ratings are
4 not available, the applicant shall provide sufficient
5 information as to the horsepower, braking capacity and such
6 other data as necessary for the department to determine an
7 equivalent measure of the vehicle's hauling and stopping
8 capability. If the applicant wishes to register a vehicle at a
9 registered gross weight less than the gross vehicle weight
10 rating, the application shall include information as to weight,
11 load and any other such information as the department may
12 require. The application shall be accompanied by self-
13 certification of financial responsibility and the applicable
14 fee.
15 * * *
16 § 1308. Issuance of registration card.
17 (a) General rule.--The department, upon registering a
18 vehicle, shall issue to the registrant a registration card which
19 shall contain the registration number assigned to the vehicle,
20 the name and address, the date of birth, social security number
21 and operator's license number of the registrant and the name of
22 the owner, if other than the registrant, a description of the
23 vehicle including the vehicle identification number, the
24 expiration date, the make, model and color of the vehicle and
25 such other information as may be determined by the department.
26 * * *
27 § 1331. Issuance of registration plates.
28 * * *
29 (c) Temporary registration plates.--The department shall
30 provide temporary paper registration plates, with the expiration
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1 date prominently displayed, for use on vehicles which are to be
2 removed from this Commonwealth or for use as necessary pending
3 issuance of permanent registration plates.
4 * * *
5 § 7121. False application for certificate of title or
6 registration.
7 A person is guilty of a [misdemeanor of the first degree]
8 felony of the second degree if the person uses a false or
9 fictitious name or address or makes a material false statement,
10 or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other
11 material fact in an application for a certificate of title or
12 for registration.
13 § 7122. Altered, forged or counterfeit documents and plates.
14 A person is guilty of a [misdemeanor of the first degree]
15 felony of the second degree if the person, with fraudulent
16 intent:
17 (1) alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of
18 title, registration card or plate, inspection certificate or
19 proof of insurance;
20 (2) alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of
21 title, or an assignment or release of a security interest on
22 a certificate of title or any other document issued or
23 prepared for issue by the department;
24 (3) has possession of, sells or attempts to sell, uses
25 or displays a certificate of title, registration card or
26 plate, driver's license, inspection certificate proof of
27 insurance or any other document issued by the department,
28 knowing it to have been altered, forged or counterfeited;
29 (4) obtains or attempts to obtain a certificate of
30 inspection without valid proof of insurance; or
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1 (5) provides a certificate of inspection where there is
2 no valid proof of insurance.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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