PRINTER'S NO. 4238
No. 2809 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, LEDERER,
TIGUE, WOJNAROSKI, LAUGHLIN, CREIGHTON, G. WRIGHT, HENNESSEY,
HORSEY, JOSEPHS, HARHAI, FRANKEL, WASHINGTON AND THOMAS,
JULY 24, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 24, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for issuance of disability
3 registration plates.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1338(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1338. Person with disability plate and placard.
9 (a) Person with disability plate.--On the application of any
10 person who:
11 (1) is blind;
12 (2) does not have full use of an arm or both arms;
13 (3) cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest;
14 (4) cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from,
15 a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device,
16 wheelchair or other assistive device;
17 (5) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that
1 the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one
2 second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter
3 or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room
4 air at rest;
5 (6) uses portable oxygen;
6 (7) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the
7 person's functional limitations are classified in severity as
8 Class III or Class IV according to the standards set by the
9 American Heart Association;
10 (8) is severely limited in his or her ability to walk
11 due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition; or
12 (9) is a person in loco parentis or a relative who
13 resides in the same residence of a person specified in
14 paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8);
15 the department shall issue a special registration plate for one
16 passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not
17 more than 9,000 pounds, designating the vehicle so licensed as
18 being used by a person with a disability. Special plates for
19 persons with disabilities may also be issued for vehicles
20 operated exclusively for the use and benefit of persons with
21 disabilities. In the case of a motorcycle, the department shall
22 issue a decal containing the international symbol for access for
23 persons with disabilities for display on the registration plate.
24 * * *
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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