PRINTER'S NO.  1893

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1379

Session of

2012

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, HUGHES, FONTANA, COSTA, SOLOBAY, BREWSTER, RAFFERTY, SCHWANK, TARTAGLIONE AND EARLL, JANUARY 17, 2012

  

  

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 17, 2012  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, providing for transfer of ownership of vehicles

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used for human habitation.

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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 to read:

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§ 1111.1.  Transfer of ownership of vehicles used for human

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habitation.

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(a)  Tax status certification.--If a house coach, house

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trailer, mobile home, motor home, truck camper or similar

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vehicle that has been anchored to the ground to facilitate

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connections with electricity, water and sewerage, is offered for

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sale or transfer, the transferor shall obtain a tax status

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certification from the tax collection authority of the

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municipality in which the vehicle is situated and the tax claim

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bureau or equivalent office of the county in which the vehicle

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is situated. The tax status certification shall include the

 


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following:

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(1)  The parcel number assigned to the vehicle.

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(2)  The amount of current or delinquent taxes owed from

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the parcel number.

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(3)  The addresses and telephone numbers of the tax

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collection authority and tax claim bureau or equivalent

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office.

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(b)  Certification obtained by third party.--The transferor

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may request a notary public or other officer empowered to

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administer oaths or an issuing agent who is licensed as a

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vehicle dealer by the State Board of Vehicle Manufacturers,

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Dealers and Salespersons, or its employee, to obtain the tax

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status certification on his behalf. The person or entity

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obtaining the tax status certification on behalf of the

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transferor may collect a nominal fee for each certification.

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(c)  Taxes due.--If taxes are due from the vehicle, the owner

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shall pay the taxes in full or cause the taxes to be paid in

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full before the sale shall be completed. Payment shall be made

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either:

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(1)  to the appropriate authority authorized to accept

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payments for delinquent taxes; or

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(2)  by authorizing the appropriate authority to attach

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proceeds of the sale of the vehicle.

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

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