A09671
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
796
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY GORDNER, EICHELBERGER, RAFFERTY, MENSCH, AUMENT,
WAGNER AND STEFANO, JUNE 22, 2017
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 22, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests,
further providing for transfer of ownership of vehicles used
for human habitation; and, in fees, further providing for
exemptions from other fees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1902(8) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a paragraph to read:
Section 1. Section 1111.1(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1111.1. Transfer of ownership of vehicles used for human
habitation.
(a) Tax status certification.--If a mobile home or
manufactured home that has been anchored to the ground to
facilitate connections with electricity, water and sewerage, and
previously titled in this Commonwealth to a person using the
mobile home or manufactured home as a residence in this
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Commonwealth immediately preceding its sale or transfer, is
offered for sale or transfer, the transferor shall obtain a tax
status certification from the tax claim bureau of the county in
which the mobile home or manufactured home is situated showing
the county, municipal and school district real estate taxes due
on the mobile home or manufactured home, as shown by the
bureau's records as of the date of the certification, including
any delinquent taxes turned over to a third party for
collection. The tax status certification shall be provided to
the transferee and the department in conjunction with the
transfer of the mobile home or manufactured home and shall
include the following:
(1) The parcel number assigned to the vehicle.
(2) The amount of current or delinquent taxes owed from
the parcel number.
(3) The date upon which a tax for the parcel number will
accrue and the taxing period that the tax will cover.
(4) The addresses and telephone numbers of the tax
collection authority and tax claim bureau or equivalent
office.
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Section 2. Section 1902(8) of Title 75 is amended and the
section is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 1902. Exemptions from other fees.
No fee shall be charged under this title for or to any of the
following:
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(8) Volunteer emergency service personnel who require a
certified driving record for certification under [the act of
July 3, 1985 (P.L.164, No.45), known as the Emergency Medical
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Services Act] 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 81 (relating to emergency
medical services system).
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(11) Notwithstanding section 1617 (relating to fees),
the change of address on a commercial driver's license,
including a commercial driver's license with a motorcycle
endorsement, if an individual's current address has been
changed by a government entity.
Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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