SENATE AMENDED

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY ELLIS, GEIST, MARKOSEK, BAKER, BEAR, BEYER, BROOKS, CREIGHTON, DALLY, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FARRY, FRANKEL, GERGELY, GROVE, HARPER, HELM, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MAJOR, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, OBERLANDER, PALLONE, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TRUE, VULAKOVICH, CAUSER AND FLECK, JUNE 30, 2009

SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, JUNE 9, 2010   

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for vehicles exempt from

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registration, for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles

from fees and for general requirements for other vehicles

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transporting school children.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1901(c)(16) of Title 75 of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

Section 1.  Sections 1302(11), 1901(c)(16) and 4553(b) of

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Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended

to read:

§ 1302.  Vehicles exempt from registration.

The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration:

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(11)  Any trailer or semitrailer, including but not

limited to non-self-propelled special mobile equipment and

amusement rides constructed as an integral part of the

trailer chassis to create a single unit, to be used primarily

for off highway use and only operated incidentally upon the

highway.

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§ 1901.  Exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.

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(c)  Processing fee in lieu of registration fee.--No

registration fee shall be charged for vehicles registered by any

of the following but the department shall charge a fee of $10 to

cover the costs of processing for issuing or renewing the

registration:

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(16)  Any person who is retired and receiving social

security or other pension and whose total annual income does

not exceed $19,200. Unless the retired person is physically

or mentally incapable of driving the vehicle, the retired

person shall be the principal driver of the vehicle but may

from time to time authorize another person to drive the

vehicle in his or her stead. For purposes of this paragraph,

the term "income" shall not include a stipend received from

the Federal Government under the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5, 123 Stat. 115).

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§ 4553.  General requirements for other vehicles transporting

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school children.

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(b)  School-chartered bus.--In addition to school buses,

school-chartered buses, which are designed to transport 16 or

more passengers, including the driver, and which are operated by

a person holding a certificate of the Pennsylvania Public

Utility Commission or the Interstate Commerce Commission, may be

used under a short-term contract with a school which has

acquired the exclusive use of the vehicle at a fixed charge to

[provide transportation of] transport school children to a

[special] school-related event, provided that the vehicle is not

used to transport school children to or from their residences or

designated bus stops. A school-chartered vehicle may be used

without restriction for the transportation of school children

with special needs as may be necessary to make reasonable

accommodations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act

of 1990 (Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327).

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately. as

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follows:

(1)  The amendment of 75 Pa.C.S. § 4553(b) shall take

effect in 60 days.

(2)  The remainder of this act shall take effect

immediately.