PRINTER'S NO. 1969
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1357
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, MENSCH, VOGEL, GORDNER, GEBHARD, KEARNEY,
BROOKS, BARTOLOTTA, LAUGHLIN, STEFANO, SANTARSIERO AND
TARTAGLIONE, OCTOBER 14, 2022
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 14, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
display of registration plate.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1332(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 1332. Display of registration plate.
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(b) Obscuring plate.--It is unlawful to display on any
vehicle a registration plate which:
(1) is so dirty as to prevent the reading of the number
or letters thereon at a reasonable distance;
(2) is illegible, obscured, covered or otherwise
obstructed in any manner which inhibits the proper operation
of an automated red light enforcement system in place
pursuant to section 3116 (relating to automated red light
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enforcement systems in first class cities) or 3117 (relating
to automated red light enforcement systems in certain
municipalities) or any other automated enforcement system
authorized by this title or an electronic toll collection
system as authorized under 74 Pa.C.S. § 8117 (relating to
electronic toll collection);
(3) is [otherwise] illegible, obscured, covered or
otherwise obstructed in any manner at a reasonable distance
[or is obscured in any manner; or];
(4) is illegible, obscured, covered or otherwise
obstructed in [a] any manner which inhibits the visibility of
the issuing jurisdiction at a reasonable distance[.]; or
(5) has a tinted plate cover.
(b.1) Construction.--Nothing under subsection (b) shall be
construed to prohibit a vehicle from being affixed with a
registration plate frame that minimally outlines the
registration plate in such a manner that the registration
plate's number and issuing jurisdiction is identifiable by an
automated enforcement system under subsection (b)(2) or by law
enforcement.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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