THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY HANNA, BAKER, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CAUSER, CONKLIN, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GODSHALL, HARKINS, M. KELLER, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MENSCH, MOUL, MURPHY, MURT, PASHINSKI, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, ROHRER, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK AND STERN, APRIL 23, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 23, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, further

providing for definitions, for restricted account and for

registration of snowmobile or ATV; providing for vintage

snowmobile permits; and making an editorial change.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 7702 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:

§ 7702.  Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter

shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the

meanings given to them in this section:

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"Vintage snowmobile."  A snowmobile that is at least 25 years

old.

Section 2.  Section 7706(a)(1) of Title 75 is amended to

read:

§ 7706.  Restricted account.

(a)  Deposit and use of moneys.--

(1)  The department shall deposit the following into a

restricted account, which is hereby established:

(i)  all moneys received from the registration of and

issuance of certificates of title for snowmobiles and

ATV's and from the issuance of vintage snowmobile

permits;

(ii)  all revenue from the sale of any publications

or services relating to snowmobiles and ATV's; and

(iii)  all fines, penalties, fees and costs assessed

and collected as a result of enforcement activities

conducted by the department's law enforcement personnel

under this chapter.

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Section 3.  Subchapter B heading of Chapter 77 of Title 75 is

amended to read:

SUBCHAPTER B

CERTIFICATES OF TITLE [AND], REGISTRATION AND PERMITS

Section 4.  Section 7711.1(f) of Title 75 is amended by

adding a paragraph to read:

§ 7711.1.  Registration of snowmobile or ATV.

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(f)  Exemptions from registration.--Subsection (a) does not

apply if:

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(5)  The snowmobile is a vintage snowmobile and the owner

thereof displays a vintage snowmobile permit.

Section 5.  Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 7718.  Vintage snowmobile permits.

(a)  Issuance of permits.--

(1)  The department shall issue vintage snowmobile

permits in accordance with the provisions of this section and

shall establish a process that utilizes issuing agents to

sell vintage snowmobile permits to an organizer of a vintage

snowmobile event or any interested vintage snowmobile owner.

(2)  An issuing agent may be a retail business that has

an interest in providing vintage snowmobile permits to

vintage snowmobile owners.

(3)  In order to be eligible for issuance of a vintage

snowmobile permit, a person must be a resident of this

Commonwealth, submit the necessary application to the

department and pay the required fee.

(b)  Rights under permit.--

(1)  A person who is issued a vintage snowmobile permit

is authorized to operate the vintage snowmobile for which the

permit is issued only for the purposes of traveling to and

from and participating in an exhibition or other event of

interest open to the public.

(2)  A vintage snowmobile permit is valid only for the

person to whom it is issued and is not transferrable.

(c)  Permit fee.--The fee for the issuance of a vintage

snowmobile permit is $10.

(d)  Insurance.--The owner of a vintage snowmobile who has

been issued a vintage snowmobile permit under this section shall

not be required to display a registration number or carry

insurance for the vintage snowmobile.

Section 6.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.