A00132
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
215
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, MATZIE, KINSEY, WARD, V. BROWN, MACKENZIE,
McNEILL, GOODMAN, CORBIN, NEILSON, DRISCOLL, JAMES, SCHWEYER,
READSHAW, SAINATO, ORTITAY, CONKLIN, SIMMONS, FARRY, DEASY,
GILLEN AND KORTZ, JANUARY 24, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 24, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
a special license plate for female veterans special plates
for veterans.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1364.2 . Special plates for female veterans.
Upon application of any person who is an honorably discharged
female veteran of the armed forces of the United States or a
reserve component of the armed forces as defined in 51 Pa.C.S. §
7301 (relating to definitions), accompanied by a fee of $35
which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee and by
documentation as the department shall require, the department
shall issue to the person a special registration plate
designating the vehicle as belonging to a person who is a female
veteran of the armed forces of the United States. The special
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registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck
with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 pounds.
Fifteen dollars of the fee paid by the applicant for the special
registration plate shall be transferred to the Veterans' Trust
Fund. The portion of the fee transferred to the Veterans' Trust
Fund under this subsection shall be used for programs and
resources that assist female veterans.
Section 1. Section 1364 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 1364. Special plates for veterans.
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(c) Honoring our female veterans.--Upon application of any
person, accompanied by a fee of $35, which shall be in addition
to the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the
department shall require, the department shall issue to the
person a special registration plate designating the vehicle as
belonging to a person who is honoring female veterans of the
armed forces of the United States. The special registration
plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a
registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds. The
Veterans' Trust Fund shall receive $15 of the fee paid by the
applicant for the plate. The portion of the fee transferred to
the Veterans' Trust Fund under this subsection shall be used fo r
programs and resources that assist female veterans.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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