PRINTER'S NO. 1173
No. 1028 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY LYNCH, ADOLPH, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI,
CALTAGIRONE, CIVERA, COLAFELLA, CORRIGAN, COSTA, DALEY,
DeLUCA, FRANKEL, GEIST, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY,
HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, KELLER, KENNEY, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LUCYK,
MARKOSEK, McCALL, MELIO, MICOZZIE, O'BRIEN, PETRARCA,
PRESTON, READSHAW, ROONEY, SAINATO, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK,
STEELMAN, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO, TULLI, WATSON,
WOGAN, WOJNAROSKI AND ZUG, MARCH 15, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 15, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for Pennsylvania Irish Caucus
3 registration plates and for a fund to renovate war memorials.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1361. Pennsylvania Irish Caucus plate.
9 The department, in consultation with the Irish Legislative
10 Caucus of Pennsylvania, shall design a special Pennsylvania
11 Irish Caucus registration plate. Upon application of any person,
12 accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the
13 annual registration fee, the department shall issue the plate
14 for a passenger car or truck with a gross vehicle weight rating
15 of not more than 9,000 pounds. The Irish Famine Memorial Fund
1 shall receive $15 of the fee paid by the applicant for the
2 plate.
3 Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
4 subsection to read:
5 § 1905. Payments to special funds.
6 * * *
7 (d) Irish Famine Memorial Fund.--Fifteen dollars of each fee
8 received under section 1361 (relating to Pennsylvania Irish
9 Caucus plate) shall be credited to the Irish Famine Memorial
10 Fund, created as follows:
11 (1) There is hereby established a special account in the
12 State Treasury which shall be known as the Irish Famine
13 Memorial Fund. The purpose of the Irish Famine Memorial Fund
14 is for the establishment, restoration or renovation of
15 memorials and for conducting commemorative activities to
16 honor persons who suffered in the Irish famine.
17 (2) All moneys in the Irish Famine Memorial Fund are
18 hereby annually appropriated to the Irish Legislative Caucus
19 of Pennsylvania to be expended by authorized municipalities
20 and social organizations, upon application, approved for the
21 purposes of this subsection.
22 (3) Estimates of amounts to be expended under this
23 subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the Irish
24 Legislative Caucus of Pennsylvania for his approval.
25 (4) The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition
26 for expenditures by the Irish Legislative Caucus of
27 Pennsylvania in excess of estimates approved by the Governor
28 or in excess of the amount available for the purposes for
29 which the requisition was made, whichever is the lesser
30 amount.
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1 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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