PRINTER'S NO. 200
No. 174 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, BARRAR, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL, CAUSER, COHEN, COX, CREIGHTON, DALEY, FABRIZIO, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GRUCELA, HESS, HORNAMAN, JAMES, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MANN, MELIO, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, SURRA, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 1, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 1, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, providing for a special registration plate for 3 veterans and members of United States military airborne units 4 and for military airborne parachutist and glider units. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 8 Statutes is amended by adding sections to read: 9 § 1366. Special plates for United States military airborne 10 units. 11 (a) General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a 12 veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne 13 unit, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to 14 the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the 15 department shall require, the department shall issue to the 16 person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so 17 licensed as belonging to a person who is a veteran of or a
1 member of a United States military airborne unit. The special 2 registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck 3 with a registered gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds. 4 (b) Plate details.--The special registration plate shall 5 display a set of jump wings and glider wings along with the 6 letters "ABN" followed by a series of five digits. The first two 7 or three digits of the five-digit series will denote the number 8 of the division under which the person served. 9 § 1367. Special plates for veterans of and members of all 10 military airborne parachutist and glider units. 11 (a) General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a 12 veteran of or a member of a military airborne parachutist or 13 glider unit, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in 14 addition to the annual registration fee and by such 15 documentation as the department may require, the department 16 shall issue to the person a special registration plate 17 designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who 18 is a veteran of or a member of a military airborne parachutist 19 or glider unit. The special registration plate may be used only 20 on a passenger car or a truck with a registered gross weight of 21 not more than 10,000 pounds. 22 (b) Plate specifications.--The plate shall have a set of 23 jump wings and glider wings. 24 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "veteran 25 of or a member of a military airborne parachutist and glider 26 unit" includes glider troopers, paratroopers, air assault 27 troopers, Rangers, U.S. Army Special Forces, USMC Recon, U.S. 28 Navy Seals, U.S. Air Force Special Operations, Troop Carrier 29 Command, including glider pilots and the 160th SOAR, military 30 personnel who satisfactorily completed the prescribed 20070H0174B0200 - 2 -
1 proficiency tests while assigned or attached to an airborne unit 2 and any other military personnel determined by the department to 3 be appropriately classified as a member of a United States 4 military airborne parachutist or glider unit. 5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. L27L75AJM/20070H0174B0200 - 3 -