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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, HUGHES, FONTANA, COSTA, SOLOBAY, BREWSTER, RAFFERTY, SCHWANK, TARTAGLIONE AND EARLL, JANUARY 17, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 17, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, providing for transfer of ownership of vehicles |
3 | used for human habitation. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
7 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
8 | § 1111.1. Transfer of ownership of vehicles used for human |
9 | habitation. |
10 | (a) Tax status certification.--If a house coach, house |
11 | trailer, mobile home, motor home, truck camper or similar |
12 | vehicle that has been anchored to the ground to facilitate |
13 | connections with electricity, water and sewerage, is offered for |
14 | sale or transfer, the transferor shall obtain a tax status |
15 | certification from the tax collection authority of the |
16 | municipality in which the vehicle is situated and the tax claim |
17 | bureau or equivalent office of the county in which the vehicle |
18 | is situated. The tax status certification shall include the |
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1 | following: |
2 | (1) The parcel number assigned to the vehicle. |
3 | (2) The amount of current or delinquent taxes owed from |
4 | the parcel number. |
5 | (3) The addresses and telephone numbers of the tax |
6 | collection authority and tax claim bureau or equivalent |
7 | office. |
8 | (b) Certification obtained by third party.--The transferor |
9 | may request a notary public or other officer empowered to |
10 | administer oaths or an issuing agent who is licensed as a |
11 | vehicle dealer by the State Board of Vehicle Manufacturers, |
12 | Dealers and Salespersons, or its employee, to obtain the tax |
13 | status certification on his behalf. The person or entity |
14 | obtaining the tax status certification on behalf of the |
15 | transferor may collect a nominal fee for each certification. |
16 | (c) Taxes due.--If taxes are due from the vehicle, the owner |
17 | shall pay the taxes in full or cause the taxes to be paid in |
18 | full before the sale shall be completed. Payment shall be made |
19 | either: |
20 | (1) to the appropriate authority authorized to accept |
21 | payments for delinquent taxes; or |
22 | (2) by authorizing the appropriate authority to attach |
23 | proceeds of the sale of the vehicle. |
24 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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