PRINTER'S NO. 1059

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 940 Session of 2001

        INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, GEIST, DeWEESE, THOMAS, COY, WOJNAROSKI,
           STABACK, ALLEN, SHANER, MARKOSEK, MAITLAND, McCALL, HALUSKA,
           LAUGHLIN, SOLOBAY, BELARDI, WILT, BELFANTI, MELIO,
           CAPPABIANCA, HORSEY, ORIE, CIVERA, BEBKO-JONES, GRUCELA,
           COLAFELLA, NICKOL, SURRA, KELLER, LUCYK, DALEY, SAINATO,
           PISTELLA, J. WILLIAMS, BARRAR, COSTA, CORRIGAN, HARHAI,
           PRESTON, FAIRCHILD, TIGUE, YUDICHAK, WOGAN, KAISER,
           McILHATTAN, HUTCHINSON, BLAUM, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER AND
           RAYMOND, MARCH 13, 2001

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 13, 2001

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, providing for a Gettysburg Civil War memorial
     3     registration plate; and establishing the Pennsylvania
     4     Monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park Fund.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     8  Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
     9  § 1361.  Gettysburg Civil War memorial registration plate.
    10     (a)  Plate.--The department shall design a Gettysburg Civil
    11  War memorial registration plate which shall have a replica of
    12  the main Pennsylvania Monument at the Gettysburg National
    13  Military Park and shall display the words "Gettysburg 1863."
    14  Upon application of any person, accompanied by a fee of $35
    15  which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee, the

     1  department shall issue the plate for a passenger car, motor
     2  home, trailer or truck with a registered gross weight of not
     3  more than 9,000 pounds.
     4     (b)  Use of fee.--Of each fee paid under subsection (a), $15
     5  shall be deposited into the Pennsylvania Monuments at Gettysburg
     6  National Military Park Fund, which is hereby established. The
     7  moneys in the fund shall be used solely for catastrophic
     8  problems with the Pennsylvania monuments, including, but not
     9  limited to, weather-related damage and damage by vandalism.
    10     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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