PRINTER'S NO. 2429
No. 1828 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, SCAVELLO, BENNINGHOFF, ADOLPH, ARGALL,
BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD,
BRENNAN, BROOKS, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL,
CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER, CONKLIN, COSTA, CREIGHTON, DALEY,
DALLY, DENLINGER, DePASQUALE, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, EACHUS,
ELLIS, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK,
FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GERGELY, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HANNA, HARHAI, HARHART, HARKINS,
HARPER, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL,
HORNAMAN, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, W. KELLER,
KESSLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LEACH, LENTZ,
LONGIETTI, MAHER, MAHONEY, MANDERINO, MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK,
MARSHALL, MARSICO, McCALL, McILVAINE SMITH, MENSCH, METCALFE,
R. MILLER, MOUL, MOYER, MUNDY, MURT, MUSTIO, NAILOR, NICKOL,
D. O'BRIEN, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYNE, PAYTON, PEIFER,
PERRY, PETRARCA, PICKETT, PRESTON, PYLE, QUIGLEY, QUINN,
RAMALEY, RAPP, RAYMOND, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK,
ROSS, SABATINA, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCHRODER, SEIP, SHAPIRO,
SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, R. STEVENSON, STURLA,
SURRA, TANGRETTI, R. TAYLOR, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH,
WALKO, WANSACZ, WATSON, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI, YEWCIC AND
YUDICHAK, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for person with disability plate
3 and placard.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1338(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
8 adding a subsection to read:
1 § 1338. Person with disability plate and placard.
2 (a) Person with disability plate.--On the application of any
3 person who:
4 (1) is blind;
5 (2) does not have full use of an arm or both arms;
6 (3) cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest;
7 (4) cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from,
8 a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device,
9 wheelchair or other assistive device;
10 (5) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that
11 the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one
12 second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter
13 or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room
14 air at rest;
15 (6) uses portable oxygen;
16 (7) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the
17 person's functional limitations are classified in severity as
18 Class III or Class IV according to the standards set by the
19 American Heart Association;
20 (8) is severely limited in his or her ability to walk
21 due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition; or
22 (9) is a person in loco parentis of a person specified
23 in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8);
24 the department shall issue a special registration plate for one
25 passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not
26 more than 9,000 pounds, designating the vehicle so licensed as
27 being used by a person with a disability. Special plates for
28 persons with disabilities may also be issued for vehicles
29 operated exclusively for the use and benefit of persons with
30 disabilities. [In the case of a motorcycle, the department shall
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1 issue a decal containing the international symbol for access for
2 persons with disabilities for display on the registration
3 plate.]
4 (a.1) Motorcycle disability plate.--On the application of a
5 person who is disabled as provided in subsection (a), the
6 department shall issue a special registration plate designating
7 the motorcycle as belonging to a person who has a disability,
8 which plate shall have the same effect as a registration plate
9 under subsection (a). The disability shall be verified by a
10 licensed physician, physician assistant or certified registered
11 nurse practitioner and the application shall be accompanied by
12 the appropriate fee.
13 * * *
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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