PRINTER'S NO. 508
No. 447 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY D. R. WRIGHT, PHILLIPS AND F. E. TAYLOR, MARCH 16,
1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 16, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for exemptions from the axle tax.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 9902 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes, added December 8, 1982 (P.L.842, No.234),
7 is amended to read:
8 § 9902. Imposition of axle tax.
9 (a) General rule.--In addition to any other tax imposed by
10 law, all motor carriers shall pay an annual tax in the amount of
11 $36 per axle on every truck, truck tractor or combination having
12 a gross weight or registered gross weight in excess of 26,000
13 pounds operated on the highways of this Commonwealth.
14 (b) Exception.--The tax imposed by subsection (a) shall not
15 apply to any motor carrier who enters this Commonwealth solely
16 for the purpose of securing repairs or reconditioning of a motor
17 carrier vehicle. Each repair facility shall furnish to any motor
1 carrier for purposes of this subsection a certificate to be
2 carried by the motor carrier vehicle operator while the vehicle
3 is in this Commonwealth for repair or reconditioning purposes.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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