THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BOYD, GABLER, GINGRICH, HARHART, HENNESSEY, KILLION, METZGAR, MURT, PICKETT, PYLE, SWANGER AND J. TAYLOR, MARCH 25, 2010

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 25, 2010  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in fees, further providing for trucks and truck

tractors.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1916 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 1916.  Trucks and truck tractors.

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(c)  Refund of registration fee.--

(1)  If a truck or truck tractor in Class 9 through Class

25 is registered and the owner subsequently elects to dispose

of the vehicle or elects not to use the vehicle on the

roadways of this Commonwealth prior to the beginning of the

registration period, the owner shall be entitled to a full

refund of the annual registration fee. The owner shall submit

to the department the registration card along with a

statement indicating that the registered vehicle has been

disposed of or is not being used on the roadways of this

Commonwealth. The department shall retain $5 of the fee to

cover the costs of processing the refund.

(2)  If the application for refund is made after the

registration period begins, but six months or more remain in

the registration period, the department shall refund to the

owner of the vehicle a prorated amount equal to one-half the

annual registration fee.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.