PRINTER'S NO. 243
No. 242 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, CORMAN, RAFFERTY, WONDERLING, RHOADES,
WOZNIAK, COSTA, KITCHEN, BOSCOLA, ERICKSON, ROBBINS, PUNT,
KASUNIC, STOUT, WENGER, LEMMOND, TARTAGLIONE, STACK,
GREENLEAF, ORIE AND WAUGH, FEBRUARY 11, 2005
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 11, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for veteran plates and placard.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 1342(f) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 1342. Veteran plates and placard.
8 * * *
9 (f) Return of plates and placard.--
10 (1) Upon the death of a veteran to whom a severely
11 disabled veteran plate or placard has been issued under this
12 section, the severely disabled veteran plate or placard shall
13 be void 30 days after death and shall not be displayed on any
14 vehicle. The personal representative of the deceased shall
15 return the plate to the department. If there is no personal
16 representative, the spouse or, if there is no spouse, the
17 next of kin of the deceased shall return the plate or placard
1 to the department.
2 (2) Upon the death of a veteran to whom a prisoner of
3 war plate has been issued, the veteran's spouse may continue
4 to use the plate during the spouse's lifetime.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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