PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2574 PRINTER'S NO. 3445
No. 1930 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY COLAFELLA, NOVEMBER 26, 1985
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MAY 6, 1986
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for the operation of certain motor
3 vehicles without a certificate of inspection.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4703(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4703. Operation of vehicle without official certificate of
9 inspection.
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11 (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply to:
12 (1) Special mobile equipment.
13 (2) Implements of husbandry.
14 (3) Motor vehicles being towed.
15 (4) Motor vehicles being operated or trailers being
16 towed by an official inspection station owner or employee for
17 the purpose of inspection.
1 (5) Trailers having a registered gross weight of 3,000
2 pounds or less.
3 (6) Motorized pedalcycles.
4 (7) Vehicles being repossessed by a financer or
5 collector-repossessor through the use of miscellaneous motor
6 vehicle business registration plates.
7 (8) New vehicles while they are in the process of
8 manufacture, including testing, and not in transit from the
9 manufacturer to a purchaser or dealer.
10 (9) Any military vehicle used for training by a private,
11 nonprofit, tax exempt military educational institution when
12 such vehicle does not travel on public roads in excess of one
13 mile and the property on both sides of the public road is
14 owned by the institution.
15 (10) Antique vehicles.
16 (11) Motor vehicles being operated by a motor vehicle
17 dealer in conjunction with the purchase or sale of that motor
18 vehicle or for the purpose of obtaining repairs on that motor
19 vehicle PROVIDED THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER HAS IN HIS <--
20 POSSESSION A NOTARIZED STATEMENT IDENTIFYING THE VEHICLE BY
21 MAKE AND SERIAL NUMBER AND STATING THE DESTINATION AND
22 PURPOSE OF THE TRIP. A VEHICLE SHALL ONLY BE EXEMPT FROM
23 INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR A TOTAL OF TWO TRIPS UNDER THIS
24 PARAGRAPH.
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26 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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