PRINTER'S NO. 883
No. 756 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY LYNCH, ADOLPH, BEBKO-JONES, BROWNE, CAWLEY,
CIVERA, CORRIGAN, COSTA, CRUZ, CURRY, DALEY, DeLUCA,
DONATUCCI, EACHUS, GEIST, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI,
HARPER, HENNESSEY, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, KELLER, KOTIK,
LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, MARKOSEK, McCALL, McGEEHAN, McGILL,
McILHINNEY, MELIO, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PETRARCA, PISTELLA,
READSHAW, REICHLEY, SAINATO, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK,
THOMAS, TIGUE, TURZAI, WASHINGTON, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI,
WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD AND ZUG, MARCH 6, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 6, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for Pennsylvania Irish Caucus
3 registration plates and for the Irish Famine Memorial Fund to
4 renovate war memorials.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 1361. Pennsylvania Irish Caucus plate.
10 The department, in consultation with the Irish Legislative
11 Caucus of Pennsylvania, shall design a special Pennsylvania
12 Irish Caucus registration plate. Upon application of any person,
13 accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the
14 annual registration fee, the department shall issue the plate
15 for a passenger car or truck with a gross vehicle weight rating
1 of not more than 9,000 pounds. The Irish Famine Memorial Fund
2 shall receive $15 of the fee paid by the applicant for the
3 plate.
4 Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
5 subsection to read:
6 § 1905. Payments to special funds.
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8 (d) Irish Famine Memorial Fund.--Fifteen dollars of each fee
9 received under section 1361 (relating to Pennsylvania Irish
10 Caucus plate) shall be credited to the Irish Famine Memorial
11 Fund, created as follows:
12 (1) There is hereby established a special account in the
13 State Treasury which shall be known as the Irish Famine
14 Memorial Fund. The purpose of the Irish Famine Memorial Fund
15 is for the establishment, restoration or renovation of
16 memorials and for conducting commemorative activities to
17 honor persons who suffered in the Irish famine.
18 (2) All moneys in the Irish Famine Memorial Fund are
19 hereby annually appropriated to the Irish Legislative Caucus
20 of Pennsylvania to be expended by authorized municipalities
21 and social organizations, upon application, approved for the
22 purposes of this subsection.
23 (3) Estimates of amounts to be expended under this
24 subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the Irish
25 Legislative Caucus of Pennsylvania for his approval.
26 (4) The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition
27 for expenditures by the Irish Legislative Caucus of
28 Pennsylvania in excess of estimates approved by the Governor
29 or in excess of the amount available for the purposes for
30 which the requisition was made, whichever is the lesser
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1 amount.
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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