PRINTER'S NO. 448
No. 413 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, MRKONIC, GEIST, JOHNSON, DeLUCA, DUFFY
AND CARN, FEBRUARY 24, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 24, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, authorizing handicapped, disabled veteran and
3 severely disabled veteran plates for motorcycles.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 1338(a) and 1342(a) and (c) of Title 75
7 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 1338. Handicapped plate and placard.
9 (a) Handicapped plate.--On the application of any person
10 who:
11 (1) does not have full use of a leg or both legs, as
12 evidenced by the use of a wheelchair, walker, crutches, quad
13 cane or other such device;
14 (2) is blind;
15 (3) is physically limited by a cardiopulmonary
16 condition, such as severe emphysema or chronic bronchitis,
17 restricting substantially his movements;
18 (4) does not have full use of an arm or both arms; or
1 (5) is a parent or a person in loco parentis of a person
2 specified in paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4);
3 the department shall issue a special registration plate for one
4 passenger car or other vehicle, including a motorcycle, with a
5 registered gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds,
6 designating the vehicle so licensed as being used by a
7 handicapped person. Special plates for handicapped persons may
8 also be issued for vehicles operated exclusively for the use and
9 benefit of handicapped persons.
10 * * *
11 § 1342. Veteran plates and placard.
12 (a) Severely disabled veteran plate.--On the application of
13 a veteran whose service-connected disability is certified at
14 100% by the service unit of the armed forces in which the
15 veteran served or by the United States Veterans' Administration
16 or who has a service-connected disability of the type enumerated
17 in section 1338 (relating to handicapped plate and placard), the
18 department shall issue a special registration plate designating
19 the vehicle as belonging to a severely disabled veteran. The
20 registration plate shall have a white background, shall have
21 blue numbers or letters as the department may determine, shall
22 have the words, "disabled veteran," in at least ten-point bold
23 type, inscribed in red at the bottom of the plate, and shall
24 include the international symbol for handicapped access. Only
25 one special registration plate shall be issued to a veteran
26 under this section. It may be used only on one passenger vehicle
27 or one other vehicle, including a motorcycle, with a registered
28 gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds.
29 * * *
30 (c) Disabled veteran plates.--On the application of any
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1 veteran having a disability certified by the service unit of the
2 armed forces in which the veteran served or by the United States
3 Veterans' Administration as service-connected, the department
4 shall issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle
5 as belonging to a disabled veteran. The registration plate shall
6 have a white background, shall have numbers or letters as the
7 department may determine and shall have the words "disabled
8 veteran" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom
9 of the plate. Only one special registration plate shall be
10 issued to a veteran under this section. It may be used only on
11 one passenger vehicle or one other vehicle, including a
12 motorcycle, with a registered gross weight of not more than
13 9,000 pounds.
14 * * *
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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