SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 539, 792, 981 PRINTER'S NO. 1740
No. 511 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY REBER, GEIST, MANDERINO, LEH, PETTIT, DeLUCA,
GODSHALL, TIGUE, BROWN, GORDNER, JAROLIN, HENNESSEY,
E. Z. TAYLOR, MICOZZIE, FARMER, MAYERNIK, HUTCHINSON, BUNT,
RAYMOND, BELFANTI, JADLOWIEC, TRELLO, SERAFINI, YOUNGBLOOD,
THOMAS, SAYLOR, MILLER, SURRA, CAWLEY, HESS, STABACK, STERN,
WOZNIAK, McGEEHAN, CLARK, GEORGE, SATHER, DENT, J. TAYLOR,
STISH, CALTAGIRONE, LAUGHLIN, BATTISTO, RUBLEY, MELIO,
M. N. WRIGHT, HERSHEY, CARN, WOGAN, STEELMAN, ROONEY, NICKOL,
CIVERA, ITKIN, HALUSKA, CURRY, BARD AND STRITTMATTER,
FEBRUARY 1, 1995
SENATOR CORMAN, TRANSPORTATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
APRIL 26, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the registration, fees and
3 inspection of farm vehicles and for surrender of license.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1302(10) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes, amended December 7, 1994 (P.L.820,
8 No.115), is amended to read:
9 § 1302. Vehicles exempt from registration.
10 The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration:
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12 (10) Any farm vehicle used exclusively upon a farm or
13 farms owned or operated by the owner of the vehicle.
1 (i) Type I--Such a farm vehicle which does not
2 qualify as a motor carrier vehicle may be driven upon
3 highways only from sunrise to sunset. However, a farm
4 vehicle which qualifies as a motor carrier vehicle and
5 displays a currently valid certificate of inspection may
6 be driven upon highways without any restriction as to
7 time.
8 [(ii) Such] Such a farm vehicle may only be driven
9 on highways between:
10 (A) Parts of one such farm.
11 (B) Such farms located not more than 25 miles
12 apart.
13 (C) Such farm or farms and a place of business
14 located within a radius of 25 miles from such farm or
15 farms for the purpose of buying or selling
16 agricultural commodities or supplies.
17 (D) Such farm or farms and a place of business
18 located within a radius of 50 miles from such farm or
19 farms for the purpose of repair or servicing of the
20 farm vehicle.
21 (ii) Type II--Such a farm vehicle which does qualify
22 as a motor carrier vehicle and which does not display a
23 currently valid certificate of inspection may be driven
24 upon highways only from sunrise to sunset and between:
25 (A) Parts of one such farm.
26 (B) Such farms located not more than ten miles
27 apart.
28 (C) Such farm or farms and a place of business
29 located within a radius of ten miles from such farm
30 or farms for the purpose of buying or selling
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1 agricultural commodities or supplies.
2 (D) Such farm or farms and a place of business
3 located within a radius of 25 miles from such farm or
4 farms for the purpose of repair or servicing of the
5 farm vehicle.
6 (iii) A biennial certificate of exemption shall be
7 required for such a farm vehicle.
8 (iv) The owner of the farm vehicle shall maintain
9 such minimum levels of liability insurance coverage on
10 the vehicle as are required to be maintained under
11 Chapter 17 (relating to financial responsibility) by
12 owners of registered motor vehicles. The owner shall
13 satisfy the requirements of this subparagraph if the
14 minimum amounts of liability insurance coverage for the
15 farm vehicle have been provided under farm liability
16 insurance coverage maintained generally by the owner.
17 Coverage prescribed in Subchapter B of Chapter 17 shall
18 not be required to be maintained or provided for the farm
19 vehicle.
20 * * *
21 Section 2. Section 1540(b) of Title 75 is amended to read:
22 § 1540. Surrender of license.
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24 (b) Suspension, revocation or disqualification of operating
25 privilege.--
26 (1) Upon the suspension or revocation of the operating
27 privilege or the disqualification of the commercial operating
28 privilege of any person by the department, the department
29 shall forthwith notify the person in writing at the address
30 of record to surrender his driver's license to the department
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1 for the term of suspension, revocation or disqualification.
2 (2) The department shall include with the written notice
3 of suspension, revocation or disqualification a form for
4 acknowledging the suspension, revocation or disqualification,
5 which form shall be filed with the department if the person
6 has no license to surrender.
7 (3) The suspension, revocation or disqualification shall
8 be effective upon the earlier of:
9 (i) a date determined by the department; or
10 (ii) the date of [surrender] filing or mailing of
11 the license or acknowledgment to the department, if that
12 date is subsequent to the department's notice to
13 surrender the license[, whichever occurs first].
14 (4) Upon surrender of the license or acknowledgment, the
15 department shall issue a receipt showing the date that it
16 received the license or acknowledgment.
17 * * *
18 Section 3. Sections 1924, 4702(a) and 4703(a) of Title 75,
19 amended December 7, 1994 (P.L.820, No.115), are amended to read:
20 § 1924. Farm vehicles.
21 (a) General rule.--The annual fee for registration of a farm
22 vehicle shall be $51 or one-third of the regular fee, whichever
23 is greater.
24 (b) Certificate of exemption.--The biennial processing fee
25 for a certificate of exemption issued in lieu of registration of
26 a farm vehicle [with a gross weight or gross vehicle weight
27 rating of 17,000 pounds or less shall be $24.
28 (c) Certificate of exemption for farm vehicle qualifying as
29 a motor carrier vehicle.--The biennial processing fee for a
30 certificate of exemption issued in lieu of registration of a
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1 farm vehicle with a gross weight or gross vehicle weight rating
2 greater than 17,000 pounds shall be $100.] shall be determined
3 by the type of certificate issued and the gross weight or
4 combination weight or weight rating according to the following
5 table:
6 Certificate type Weight in pounds Fee
7 Type I 17,000 or less $24
8 Type II greater than 17,000 50
9 Type I greater than 17,000 100
10 § 4702. Requirement for periodic inspection of vehicles.
11 (a) Annual safety inspection.--Except as provided in
12 subsection (b), the department shall establish a system of
13 annual safety inspection of vehicles, including emergency
14 vehicles, farm vehicles with a gross weight or gross vehicle
15 weight rating of greater than 17,000 pounds for which a Type I
16 biennial certificate of exemption has been issued and private
17 noncommercial vehicles used to transport students.
18 * * *
19 § 4703. Operation of vehicle without official certificate of
20 inspection.
21 (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this
22 section, no motor vehicle required to bear current registration
23 plates issued by this Commonwealth and no farm vehicle with a
24 gross weight or gross vehicle weight rating of greater than
25 17,000 pounds for which a Type I biennial certificate of
26 exemption has been issued shall be driven and no trailer
27 required to bear current registration plates issued by this
28 Commonwealth shall be moved on a highway and no mass transit
29 vehicle shall be operated unless the vehicle displays a
30 currently valid certificate of inspection issued under this
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1 chapter.
2 * * *
3 Section 4. The Department of Transportation may establish
4 the EQUIPMENT STANDARDS AND inspection criteria required for <--
5 applicable farm vehicles with a gross weight or gross vehicle
6 weight rating of greater than 17,000 pounds for which a Type I
7 biennial certificate of exemption has been issued by publishing
8 a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin until the regulations
9 governing these EQUIPMENT STANDARDS AND inspection criteria are <--
10 promulgated by the Department of Transportation.
11 Section 5. This act shall take effect as follows:
12 (1) The amendment of 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 1302, 1924, 4702(a)
13 and 4703(a) shall take effect immediately.
14 (2) Section 4 and this section shall take effect
15 immediately.
16 (3) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 60
17 days.
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