SENATE AMENDED

 

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2607

PRINTER'S NO.  3288

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1830

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BEAR, AUMENT, BAKER, BOBACK, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CUTLER, EVERETT, FARRY, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, GROVE, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MAJOR, METCALFE, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, PASHINSKI, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, CULVER, SONNEY, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD AND DENLINGER, OCTOBER 24, 2011

  

  

SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, MARCH 27, 2012   

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, providing for special plates for individuals in the

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service of the United States Merchant Marine and for a

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special registration plate for veterans and members of United

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States military airborne units.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes is amended by adding a section sections to read:

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§ 1357.1.  Special plates for individuals in the service of the

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United States Merchant Marine.

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Upon application of any person who was in the service of the  

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United States Merchant Marine during World War II, accompanied

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by a fee of $20, which shall be in addition to the annual

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registration fee, and by such documentation as the department

 


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shall require, the department shall issue to the person a

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special registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed

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as belonging to a person who was in the service of the United

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States Merchant Marine during World War II. The special

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registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck

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with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds.

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§ 1366.  Special plates for United States military airborne

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units.

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(a)  General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a

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veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne

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unit, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to

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the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the

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department shall require, the department shall issue to the

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person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so

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licensed as belonging to a person who is a veteran of or a

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member of a United States military airborne unit. The special

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registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck

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with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 pounds.

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The department shall design and produce the special registration

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plate to display a set of jump wings and glider wings.

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(b)  Definition.--As used in this section, the term "veteran

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of or a member of a United States military airborne unit"

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includes parachutist or glider units, glider troopers,

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paratroopers, air assault troopers, Rangers, U.S. Army Special

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Forces, USMC Recon, U.S. Navy Seals, U.S. Air Force Special

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Operations, Troop Carrier Command, including glider pilots and

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the 160th SOAR, military personnel who satisfactorily completed

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the prescribed proficiency tests while assigned or attached to

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an airborne unit and any other military personnel determined by

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the department to be appropriately classified as a member of a

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United States military airborne parachutist or glider unit.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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