PRINTER'S NO. 811

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

745

Session of

2017

INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, READSHAW, D. COSTA, MILLARD,

MURT AND NEILSON, MARCH 7, 2017

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 7, 2017

providing for reinstatement of operating privilege or vehicle

registration.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1376(b.1) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, amended November 4, 2016 (P.L.1277,

No.165), is amended to read:

§ 1376. Surrender of registration plates and cards upon

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business registration plates) until all fees, taxes and

penalties have been paid;

section 1373(b)(3) (relating to suspension of registration)

or 1374(g);

determination of a matter as provided in section 1377

(relating to judicial review);

(relating to suspension of registration upon sixth unpaid

parking violation in cities of the first class) until all

entity to make installment payments[.]; or

(relating to suspension of registration for failure to

respond to citation).

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Section 2. Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 1381. Suspension of registration for failure to respond to

(a) Suspension of registration.--The department shall

suspend the registration of a vehicle upon the notification from

jurisdiction of this Commonwealth for any violation of this

title, other than parking, or who has failed to pay or defaulted

in the payment of any fine, costs or restitution imposed by an

issuing authority or such courts for violation of this title.

(b) Notice.--At least 15 days before an issuing authority or

a court notifies the department to impose a suspension under

subsection (a), the issuing authority or court shall provide the

owner or registrant written notice of the requirement to respond

to the citation and pay all fines, restitution and penalties

imposed by the issuing authority or court.

(c) Period of suspension.--A suspension under subsection (a)

reimposed by the department if the defendant fails to make

regular installment payments and, if applicable, pays the fee

prescribed in section 1960 (relating to reinstatement of

operating privilege or vehicle registration).

(d) Violations outside Commonwealth.--

vehicle of any owner or registrant who has failed to respond

to a citation to appear before a court of competent

jurisdiction of the United States or any state that has

entered into an enforcement agreement with the department, as

fine or costs imposed by such court upon being duly notified

in accordance with the laws of such jurisdiction in which the

violation occurred.

satisfactory to the department that the full amount of the

fine and costs has been forwarded to and received by the

other state shall not be regarded as having failed to pay for

the purposes of this subsection.

(e) Admissibility of documents.--A copy of a document issued

by an issuing authority or a court of this Commonwealth or by an

official of another state shall be admissible for the purpose of

The department shall charge a fee of $70 or, if section 1379

(relating to suspension of registration upon sixth unpaid

parking violation in cities of the first class), 1380 (relating

to suspension of registration upon unpaid tolls), 1381 (relating

to suspension of registration for failure to respond to

citation) or 1786(d) (relating to required financial

responsibility) applies, a fee of $88 to restore a person's

operating privilege or the registration of a vehicle following a

suspension or revocation.