PRINTER'S NO. 198
No. 172 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, GEIST, GIBBONS,
GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, JAMES, KOTIK, KULA, MURT, SIPTROTH,
J. WHITE AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 1, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 1, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the requirement for use of
3 "miscellaneous motor vehicle business" registration plates.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1337 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1337. Use of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business"
9 registration plates.
10 (a) General rule.--The department shall issue to owners of
11 miscellaneous motor vehicle businesses with established places
12 of business special registration plates which may be displayed
13 on vehicles operated on highways in lieu of registering each
14 vehicle individually. Registration plates issued under this
15 section may be displayed upon vehicles only as provided for each
16 of the following classes of miscellaneous motor vehicle
17 business:
18 (1) For a repair or towing business:
1 (i) upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the
2 repair business to retrieve, tow or deliver other
3 vehicles or parts; and
4 (ii) upon vehicles being repaired.
5 (2) For a vehicle salvage dealer business:
6 (i) upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the
7 vehicle salvage dealer's business to retrieve or deliver
8 vehicles, vehicle hulks, parts or materials; and
9 (ii) upon vehicles being transported on their own
10 wheels for the purpose of being dismantled or recycled.
11 (3) For a transporter business upon vehicles being
12 transported on their own wheels in the conduct of the
13 transporter business.
14 (4) For a financier or collector-repossessor business:
15 (i) upon vehicles being used to pick up vehicles
16 that are being repossessed; and
17 (ii) upon vehicles being repossessed.
18 (5) For a watercraft trailer business:
19 (i) upon trailers used for the delivery of a new
20 boat to its purchaser;
21 (ii) upon trailers used for the transport of a used
22 boat which is to be resold by the dealer; and
23 (iii) upon trailers used for the transport of boats
24 by a dealer to or from another boat dealer, warehouse,
25 storage facility, boat show or repair facility or to and
26 from a location where a boat is to be demonstrated,
27 tested or inspected.
28 (5.1) For an automotive detailing and cosmetic grooming
29 business:
30 (i) upon vehicles being used in the conduct of the
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1 automotive detailing and cosmetic grooming business to
2 retrieve or deliver vehicles, parts or materials; and
3 (ii) upon vehicles being transported on their own
4 wheels for the purpose of being detailed or groomed.
5 (6) For all classes of miscellaneous motor vehicle
6 businesses upon vehicles used for the personal pleasure or
7 use of the owner of the miscellaneous motor vehicle business
8 or members of the owner's immediate family, or when the
9 business is a corporation, upon vehicles used for the
10 pleasure or use of not more than three officers or members of
11 the officer's immediate family or for the personal use of the
12 regular employees of the business when operated by the
13 employee.
14 All vehicles specified in paragraphs (1)(i), (2)(i), (4)(i),
15 (5.1)(i) and (6) must be titled in the name of the business or
16 family member and sales tax must be paid.
17 (b) Application for registration.--Application for
18 registration in any of the "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle
19 Business" classes shall be made upon a form provided by the
20 department and shall set forth the full name and business
21 address of the applicant and such other information as the
22 department shall require. The application shall be verified by
23 the oath or affirmation of the applicant or, if the applicant is
24 a partnership or a corporation, by a partner or officer.
25 (c) Classes of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business".--
26 (1) Repair or towing.--Any person regularly engaged in
27 the business of mechanical or body repairs or towing for
28 direct compensation of motor vehicles owned and operated by
29 other persons.
30 (2) Vehicle salvage dealer.--Any person regularly
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1 engaged in the business of acquiring and dismantling used,
2 wrecked, damaged, abandoned or salvage vehicles for the
3 purpose of selling the usable parts and selling the remaining
4 vehicle hulk materials for recycling or processing.
5 (3) Transporter.--Any person regularly engaged in the
6 business of transporting new or used vehicles on their own
7 wheels, owned by or in possession of a manufacturer or
8 dealer.
9 (4) Financier or collector-repossessor.--Any person who
10 is duly authorized by the Department of Banking to do
11 business in this Commonwealth as a financier or collector-
12 repossessor and who is regularly engaged in the business of
13 financing sales, making loans on the security of vehicles or
14 repossessing vehicles which are the subject of installment
15 sales contracts as an independent contractor.
16 (5) Watercraft trailer dealer.--Any person regularly
17 engaged in the business of selling watercraft and trailers
18 used exclusively for the transport of the watercraft.
19 (6) Automotive detailing and cosmetic grooming.--Any
20 person regularly engaged in the business of automotive
21 detailing and cosmetic grooming.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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