A09676
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 fees, further providing for exemptions from
other fees; and, in size, weight and load, further providing
for restrictions on use of highways and bridges.
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:
§ 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
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. Section 4902(a)(4) and (5) of Title 75 are
amended to read:
§ 4902. Restrictions on use of highways and bridges.
(a) Restrictions based on condition of highway or bridge.--
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(4) The methodology under paragraph (3) may allow for
exemptions from 67 Pa. Code Ch. 189 (relating to hauling in
excess of posted weight limit) related to the at-risk
industry [sectors] of logging or other forest products
experiencing a 20% decline in Statewide employment between
March 2002 and March 2011, as determined by the Department of
Labor and Industry.
(5) The exemptions and related requirements under
paragraph (4) may remain in existence only until December 31,
[2018] 2023. Exemptions for local delivery or pickup may not
include traffic going to or coming from a site at which
minerals, natural gas or natural resources are developed,
harvested or extracted, notwithstanding whether the site is
located at a residence, a commercial site or on farmland.
Delivery or pickup of logs or other forest products to or
from permanent processing mills located on or reachable only
through posted highways shall be considered local delivery or
pickup. Delivery or pickup of coal to or from permanent coal
reprocessing or preparation plants located on or reachable
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only through posted highways and not on the same posted
highway as a site at which coal is extracted shall be
considered local delivery or pickup.
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Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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