PRINTER'S NO. 294
No. 283 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, PESCI, KOSINSKI, DALEY, COHEN, NOYE,
FARMER, COLAIZZO, FLEAGLE, SCHULER, MIHALICH, BELFANTI,
COLAFELLA, STABACK, COY, TIGUE, MAYERNIK, ANGSTADT, FARGO,
GEIST, KAISER, CAWLEY, STEIGHNER, HASAY, JAMES, MARKOSEK,
JOSEPHS, FAIRCHILD, HALUSKA, NAHILL, HERMAN, SAURMAN,
GLADECK, VAN HORNE, D. R. WRIGHT, MERRY, BILLOW, JOHNSON,
RAYMOND, HESS, CLYMER, LUCYK, DeLUCA, LANGTRY, VEON,
GIGLIOTTI, BUNT, CORNELL, PRESTON, DURHAM, MAIALE, STISH,
TANGRETTI, PISTELLA, RUDY, E. Z. TAYLOR, MELIO, CAPPABIANCA,
OLASZ, J. TAYLOR, CIVERA, GAMBLE, BROUJOS, DAVIES, DeWEESE,
LAUGHLIN, KRUSZEWSKI, ADOLPH, KASUNIC, GODSHALL, BISHOP AND
TELEK, FEBRUARY 5, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 5, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for suspension of registration
3 and operating privileges relating to failure to maintain
4 financial responsibility.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1786(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes, amended December 7, 1990 (P.L. ,
9 No.164), is amended to read:
10 § 1786. Required financial responsibility.
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12 (d) Suspension of registration and operating privilege.--The
13 Department of Transportation shall suspend the registration of a
14 vehicle if it determines the required financial responsibility
1 was not secured as required by this chapter and shall suspend
2 the operating privilege of the owner or registrant for a period
3 of three months if the department determines that the owner or
4 registrant has operated or permitted the operation of the
5 vehicle without the required financial responsibility. The
6 operating privilege shall not be restored until the restoration
7 fee for operating privilege provided by section 1960 (relating
8 to reinstatement of operating privilege or vehicle registration)
9 is paid. Whenever the department revokes or suspends the
10 registration of any vehicle under this chapter, the department
11 shall not restore the registration until the vehicle owner
12 furnishes proof of financial responsibility in a manner
13 determined by the department and submits an application for
14 registration to the department, accompanied by the fee for
15 restoration of registration provided by section 1960. This
16 subsection shall not apply in the following circumstances:
17 (1) The owner or registrant proves to the satisfaction
18 of the department that the lapse in financial responsibility
19 coverage was for a period of less than [21] 45 days and that
20 the owner or registrant did not operate or permit the
21 operation of the vehicle during the period of lapse in
22 financial responsibility.
23 (2) The owner or registrant is a member of the armed
24 services of the United States, the owner or registrant has
25 previously had the financial responsibility required by this
26 chapter, financial responsibility had lapsed while the owner
27 or registrant was on temporary, emergency duty and the
28 vehicle was not operated during the period of lapse in
29 financial responsibility. The exemption granted by this
30 paragraph shall continue for [30] 45 days after the owner or
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1 registrant returns from duty as long as the vehicle is not
2 operated until the required financial responsibility has been
3 established.
4 * * *
5 Section 2. The amendments affecting 75 Pa.C.S. § 1786(d)
6 shall be retroactive to July 1, 1990.
7 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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