SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 416, 1571 PRINTER'S NO. 2829
No. 376 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY MOWERY, HAYES, GEIST, PHILLIPS, HERMAN, NAILOR,
BROUJOS, LANGTRY, FARMER, G. SNYDER, WAMBACH, McCALL AND
MARSICO, FEBRUARY 13, 1989
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, DECEMBER 4, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for prisoner of war plates AND <--
3 FOR SPECIAL PLATES FOR RECIPIENTS OF THE PURPLE HEART; and
4 providing for a special license plate for Pearl Harbor
5 survivors.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1342(d) SECTIONS 1342(D) AND 1346 of <--
9 Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is ARE <--
10 amended to read:
11 § 1342. Veteran plates and placard.
12 * * *
13 (d) Prisoner of war plate.--On the application of an ex-
14 prisoner of war whose imprisonment while in the service of the
15 armed forces of the United States is certified by the
16 appropriate branch of the armed forces, the department shall
17 issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle as
18 belonging to an ex-prisoner of war. The registration plate shall
1 contain the letters "POW" and such other numbers or letters as
2 the department may determine and shall have the words "prisoner
3 of war" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom
4 of the plate. The surviving spouse of an ex-prisoner of war may
5 retain the "POW" special registration plate. The special
6 registration plate may be used only on one passenger vehicle or
7 one other vehicle with a registered gross weight of not more
8 than 9,000 pounds.
9 * * *
10 § 1346. SPECIAL PLATES FOR RECIPIENTS OF PURPLE HEART. <--
11 UPON APPLICATION OF ANY PERSON WHO IS A RECIPIENT OF THE
12 PURPLE HEART, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE TO SUCH PERSON A
13 SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE DESIGNATING THE VEHICLE SO LICENSED
14 AS BELONGING TO A PERSON WHO IS A RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE HEART.
15 THE PLATE SHALL HAVE A WHITE BACKGROUND WITH A PURPLE BORDER AND
16 PURPLE LETTERS OR NUMBERS. THE WORDS "COMBAT WOUNDED VETERAN"
17 SHALL BE EMBOSSED IN RED ALONG THE TOP OF THE PLATE IN FULL
18 UPPER CASE LETTERS AND THE WORD "PENNSYLVANIA" SHALL BE EMBOSSED
19 IN RED ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE PLATE. THE LETTER "P" OVER THE
20 LETTER "H" SHALL BE EMBOSSED IN PURPLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE
21 PLATE. THE CENTER OF THE PLATE SHALL BEAR A DECAL OR APPLIQUE
22 REPLICA OF THE PURPLE HEART IN FULL CONFORMITY WITH THE
23 DESCRIPTION SET FORTH IN 32 CFR § 578.14(B), EXCEPT AS TO
24 MATERIAL AND SIZE. A SEVERELY DISABLED VETERAN, AS DESCRIBED IN
25 SECTION 1342(A) (RELATING TO VETERAN PLATES AND PLACARD), WHO IS
26 QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE A PLATE UNDER THIS SECTION MAY ALSO ELECT
27 TO RECEIVE A PLACARD UNDER SECTION 1342(B). THE SPECIAL
28 REGISTRATION PLATE MAY BE USED ONLY ON ONE PASSENGER VEHICLE OR
29 ONE OTHER VEHICLE WITH A REGISTERED GROSS WEIGHT OF NOT MORE
30 THAN 9,000 POUNDS.
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1 Section 2. Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:
2 § 1348. Special plates for Pearl Harbor survivors.
3 Upon application of any person who is a survivor of Pearl
4 Harbor, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition
5 to the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the
6 department shall require by regulation, the department shall
7 issue to such person a special registration plate designating
8 the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who is a
9 survivor of Pearl Harbor. The special registration plate may be
10 used only on one passenger vehicle or one other vehicle with a
11 registered gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds.
12 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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