PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3036 PRINTER'S NO. 3476
No. 2284 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, MELIO, DALEY, PRESSMANN, RAYMOND,
TRELLO, HERSHEY AND MERRY, MARCH 22, 1988
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 14, 1988
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for registration and certificate
3 of title.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1101(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is repealed.
8 Section 2. Section 1102(5) and (6) of Title 75 are amended
9 and the section is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
10 § 1102. Vehicles not requiring certificate of title.
11 No certificate of title is required for:
12 * * *
13 (5) A vehicle owned by a resident [legally required to
14 be registered in another state, based and used principally
15 outside of this Commonwealth, and not required by law to be
16 registered in this Commonwealth] exempt from registration
17 under section 1302(6) (relating to vehicles exempt from
1 registration).
2 (6) A vehicle [regularly engaged in the interstate
3 transportation of persons or property for which a currently
4 effective certificate of title has been issued in another
5 state] owned by a nonresident and registered in another state
6 which is also required to be registered in this Commonwealth.
7 * * *
8 (11) A tow dolly.
9 Section 3. Section 1301(a) and (b) of Title 75 are amended
10 to read:
11 § 1301. Registration and certificate of title required.
12 (a) Driving unregistered vehicle prohibited.--No person
13 shall drive or move and no owner shall [knowingly] permit to be
14 driven or moved upon any highway any vehicle which is not
15 registered in this Commonwealth unless the vehicle is exempt
16 from registration.
17 (b) [Proof of residency] Burden of proof.--A person charged
18 under this section has the burden of [proving that he is a
19 nonresident] proof whenever he asserts a defense based on
20 [section 1303 (relating to vehicles of nonresidents exempt from
21 registration)] exemption from registration. If he produces at
22 the office of the issuing authority satisfactory proof that [he
23 is a nonresident and is in compliance with section 1303] the
24 vehicle is exempt from registration within five days after being
25 charged with a violation of this section, the issuing authority
26 shall dismiss the charge.
27 * * *
28 Section 4. Section 1302(6) of Title 75 is amended and the
29 section is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
30 § 1302. Vehicles exempt from registration.
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1 The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration:
2 * * *
3 (6) Any vehicle based in another state, legally required
4 to be registered there, owned by a resident [legally required
5 to be registered in another state based] of this Commonwealth
6 and used principally outside of this Commonwealth. A vehicle
7 is based in the state from or in which the vehicle is most
8 frequently dispatched, garaged, serviced, maintained,
9 operated and otherwise controlled.
10 * * *
11 (19) A tow dolly.
12 Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days <--
13 IMMEDIATELY. <--
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