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HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1219
PRINTER'S NO. 1852
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
983
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY McGARRIGLE, BAKER, EICHELBERGER, SABATINA,
BARTOLOTTA, FONTANA, STEFANO, SCHWANK, BREWSTER, TARTAGLIONE,
AUMENT, GREENLEAF, HUTCHINSON, PILEGGI, SCARNATI, RAFFERTY
AND WARD, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MAY 25, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
person with disability plate and placard.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1338(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
Section 1338. Person with disability plate and placard.
(a) Person with disability plate.--On the application of any
person who:
(1) is blind;
(2) does not have full use of an arm or both arms;
(3) cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest;
(4) cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from,
a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device,
wheelchair or other assistive device;
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(5) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that
the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one
second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter
or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room
air at rest;
(6) uses portable oxygen;
(7) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the
person's functional limitations are classified in severity as
Class III or Class IV according to the standards set by the
American Heart Association;
(8) is severely limited in his or her ability to walk
due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition;
[or]
(9) is a person in loco parentis of a person specified
in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8); or
(10) is the parent, including adoptive parent or foster
parent, of a child or adult child provided that the person
has custody, care or control of the child or adult child and
the child or adult child satisfies paragraph (1), (2), (3),
(4), (5), (6), (7) or (8); OR
(11) IS THE SPOUSE OF A PERSON SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH
(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) OR (8);
the department shall issue a special registration plate for one
passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not
more than 14,000 pounds, designating the vehicle so licensed as
being used by a person with a disability. Special plates for
persons with disabilities may also be issued for vehicles
operated exclusively for the use and benefit of persons with
disabilities. In the case of a motorcycle, the department shall
issue a decal containing the international symbol for access for
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persons with disabilities for display on the registration plate.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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