PRINTER'S NO. 764
No. 680 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY SELTZER, MARCH 5, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 10, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), entitled "An
2 act consolidating and revising the Vehicle Code, the Tractor
3 Code, the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act and
4 other acts relating to the ownership, possession and use of
5 vehicles and tractors," further providing for motor vehicle
6 messenger services.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 1308, act of April 29,
10 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), known as "The Vehicle Code," added
11 December 10, 1974 (No.299), is amended to read:
12 Section 1308. Messenger Service.--
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14 (b) Every person who provides such motor vehicle messenger
15 service for the public generally shall make application for
16 registration therefor with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles of the
17 department on a form furnished by it, together with a
18 registration fee of [fifty dollars ($50.00)] twenty-five dollars
19 ($25.00) and a bond indemnifying him in the amount of [twenty-
20 five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)] five thousand dollars
1 ($5,000.00). Upon approval of his application and bond, the
2 department shall register the applicant as an approved messenger
3 service and furnish him with a certificate of registration. The
4 registration shall be renewable annually for a fee of [fifty
5 dollars ($50.00)] twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and with the
6 furnishing of the [twenty-five thousand dollar ($25,000.00)]
7 five thousand dollar ($5,000.00) indemnity bond approved by the
8 department. For each additional place of business or branch
9 office the applicant shall pay an additional initial and annual
10 renewal registration fee of twenty-five dollars ($25,00) but
11 shall not be required to furnish additional bond.
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13 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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