PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 538 PRINTER'S NO. 2146
No. 477 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY BOWSER, HUTCHINSON, A. C. FOSTER, JR., DOMBROWSKI
AND MICHLOVIC, MARCH 15, 1983
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 15, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 19, 1964 (P.L.7, No.1), entitled "An
2 act imposing a road tax upon certain motor carriers,
3 providing for the collection and administration thereof,
4 establishing penalties, and making an appropriation to the
5 Motor License Fund," further providing for exempt vehicles.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 24 of the act of June 19, 1964 (P.L.7,
9 No.1), known as the Motor Carriers Road Tax Act, amended June
10 25, 1982 (P.L.653, No.185), is amended to read:
11 Section 24. Exempt Vehicles; Carriers.--Nothing in this act
12 shall apply to any vehicle operated by or on behalf of any
13 department, board, bureau or commission of this State, or any
14 political subdivision thereof, or any quasi-governmental
15 authority of which this State is a participating member, or any
16 agency of the Federal government or the District of Columbia, or
17 of any state or any political subdivision thereof which grants
18 similar exemption to publicly owned vehicles registered in this
1 State. Nor shall the provisions of this act apply to any school
2 bus operated by, for, or on behalf of this State, any political
3 subdivision thereof, or any private or privately operated
4 school. The provisions of this act shall not apply to those
5 motor buses operating under the provisions of the act of August
6 1, 1963 (P.L.476, No.249), entitled "An act providing for the
7 taxation of motor fuels consumed by interstate buses upon a
8 system uniform among jurisdictions enacting the same
9 provisions." The provisions of this act shall not apply to a
10 truck, truck tractor or combination used solely for agricultural
11 or farming purposes, TO A MAXIMUM OF SIX TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS <--
12 OR COMBINATIONS, which carry products produced by the owner,
13 owned and operated by a nonresident in full compliance with the
14 registration requirements of the place of residence of the
15 owner.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1983 or if
17 enacted subsequent to that date, then immediately.
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