PRINTER'S NO. 592
No. 541 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY GRUITZA, GODSHALL, LAUGHLIN, MELIO, MARKOSEK,
PESCI, VAN HORNE, TIGUE, REBER, SCRIMENTI, FAIRCHILD,
RAYMOND, SCHEETZ, RICHARDSON, BELFANTI, OLASZ, GERLACH,
WOGAN, YEWCIC, TRELLO, BUNT, STABACK, VEON, NICKOL, DENT,
THOMAS, KING, J. TAYLOR AND KASUNIC, MARCH 15, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 15, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for required financial
3 responsibility.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1786(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes, amended December 16, 1992 (P.L. ,
8 No.165), is amended to read:
9 § 1786. Required financial responsibility.
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11 (d) Suspension of registration and operating privilege.--The
12 Department of Transportation shall suspend the registration of a
13 vehicle if it determines the required financial responsibility
14 was not secured as required by this chapter and shall suspend
15 the operating privilege of the owner or registrant for a period
16 of three months if the department determines that the owner or
17 registrant has operated or permitted the operation of the
1 vehicle without the required financial responsibility. The
2 operating privilege shall not be restored until the restoration
3 fee for operating privilege provided by section 1960 (relating
4 to reinstatement of operating privilege or vehicle registration)
5 is paid. Whenever the department revokes or suspends the
6 registration of any vehicle under this chapter, the department
7 shall not restore the registration until the vehicle owner
8 furnishes proof of financial responsibility in a manner
9 determined by the department and submits an application for
10 registration to the department, accompanied by the fee for
11 restoration of registration provided by section 1960. This
12 subsection shall not apply in the following circumstances:
13 (1) The owner or registrant:
14 (i) has not previously had a lapse in financial
15 responsibility coverage;
16 (ii) proves the lapse in financial responsibility
17 coverage is for a period of 30 days or less;
18 (iii) did not operate or permit the operation of the
19 vehicle during the period of lapse in financial
20 responsibility; and
21 (iv) furnishes proof of financial responsibility
22 within 30 days of receiving notice from the department
23 that he has a lapse in coverage.
24 [(1)] (2) The owner or registrant, who has previously
25 had a lapse in financial responsibility coverage, proves to
26 the satisfaction of the department that the lapse in
27 financial responsibility coverage was for a period of less
28 than 31 days and that the owner or registrant did not operate
29 or permit the operation of the vehicle during the period of
30 lapse in financial responsibility.
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1 [(2)] (3) The owner or registrant is a member of the
2 armed services of the United States, the owner or registrant
3 has previously had the financial responsibility required by
4 this chapter, financial responsibility had lapsed while the
5 owner or registrant was on temporary, emergency duty and the
6 vehicle was not operated during the period of lapse in
7 financial responsibility. The exemption granted by this
8 paragraph shall continue for 30 days after the owner or
9 registrant returns from duty as long as the vehicle is not
10 operated until the required financial responsibility has been
11 established.
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13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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