HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1594, 1617
PRINTER'S NO. 1998
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1155
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY RESCHENTHALER, SCAVELLO, AUMENT, TEPLITZ,
SABATINA, GREENLEAF, VOGEL, YUDICHAK, SCARNATI, WILEY, COSTA,
FONTANA, RAFFERTY, DINNIMAN, BARTOLOTTA, ARGALL, BREWSTER,
VULAKOVICH, McGARRIGLE, BLAKE, MENSCH, HUTCHINSON, BROWNE,
FARNESE, BAKER, WARD AND BROOKS, MARCH 9, 2016
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 28, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for special
plates for active CURRENT members of the armed forces of the
United States.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1364.1. Special plates for active members of the armed forces
of the United States.
Upon application of any person who is currently serving as an
active member of the armed forces of the United States or a
reserve component of the armed forces or an active member of the
Pennsylvania National Guard, within the meaning of 51 Pa.C.S.
(relating to military affairs), accompanied by a fee of $20
which shall be in addition to the registration fee and by such
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documentation as the department shall require, the department
shall issue to the person a special registration plate
designating the vehicle as belonging to a person who is an
active member of the armed forces of the United States. The
special registration plate may be used only on a passenger car
or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000
pounds.
§ 1364.1. SPECIAL PLATES FOR CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
(A) GENERAL RULE.--A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL, UPON
APPLICATION, BE ISSUED TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE
ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING A MEMBER OF A
RESERVE COMPONENT OR THE NATIONAL GUARD, UNDER THE FOLLOWING
CONDITIONS:
(1) A FEE OF $20 HAS BEEN PAID IN ADDITION TO THE
REGISTRATION FEE.
(2) DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
PROVIDED.
(3) THE VEHICLE BELONGS TO THE APPLICANT.
(4) THE PLATE ISSUED APPROPRIATELY DESIGNATES THE BRANCH
OF SERVICE AND INCLUDES THE SERVICE EMBLEM OF WHICH THE
APPLICANT IS A MEMBER.
(B) ELIGIBILITY.--A PLATE ISSUED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) SHALL
BE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD AND THE
FOLLOWING BRANCHES OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES:
(1) ARMY.
(2) NAVY.
(3) AIR FORCE.
(4) MARINE CORPS.
(5) COAST GUARD.
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(C) LIMITATION.--A PLATE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY ONLY
BE USED ON A PASSENGER CAR OR TRUCK WITH A REGISTERED GROSS
WEIGHT OF NOT MORE THAN 14,000 POUNDS.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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