PRINTER'S NO. 1828
No. 1547 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY VEON, PRESSMANN, SEVENTY, VROON, RITTER, TRELLO,
MRKONIC, KUKOVICH, ITKIN, GRUPPO, MORRIS, FOX, KOSINSKI,
YANDRISEVITS, McVERRY, MICHLOVIC, VAN HORNE, LINTON,
COLAFELLA, CLYMER, DeLUCA, JOSEPHS, CAWLEY, MELIO,
E. Z. TAYLOR, LEVDANSKY, PISTELLA, FREEMAN AND LANGTRY,
JUNE 11, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 11, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, extending the provisions of a certain subsection
3 relating to credit for registration fees and exhaust emission
4 inspection costs.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 4706(f) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 4706. Prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection
10 program.
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12 (f) Credit.--
13 (1) Once each calendar year, every qualified person or
14 persons who owns a vehicle which undergoes an emission
15 inspection required pursuant to this section shall be
16 eligible to claim a credit in the amount of $19 against the
17 annual registration fee for the vehicle as provided in
1 Chapter 19 (relating to fees) or the processing fee in
2 section 1901(c)(16) and (17) (relating to exemption of
3 entities and vehicles from fees). The credit shall be
4 available only for one vehicle for each qualified person.
5 (2) In order to claim a credit, a qualified person shall
6 subtract the amount of the credit from the annual fee for
7 registration of the vehicle as provided in Chapter 19 or the
8 processing fee as provided in section 1901(c)(16) and (17)
9 except that the credit shall not reduce the amount of annual
10 registration fee or processing fee due to less than $5. The
11 person may only claim the credit one time in any calendar
12 year and shall claim it within 12 months of the date of the
13 inspection.
14 (3) Any qualified person who shall claim a credit under
15 this subsection is deemed to have granted his or her consent
16 for the department to have access, pursuant to procedures
17 established by the Department of Revenue and the Department
18 of Transportation, to relevant personal income tax returns.
19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
20 the Department of Revenue shall provide such information
21 relating to the returns of qualified persons claiming the
22 credit as the Secretary of Transportation shall require to
23 confirm eligibility for the credit.
24 (4) Any person who fraudulently claims or attempts to
25 claim the credit as authorized herein commits a misdemeanor
26 of the second degree and shall in addition to any fines and
27 imprisonment be ordered to make restitution to the
28 Commonwealth.
29 (5) The provisions of this subsection shall expire [two
30 years from the date that the Secretary of Transportation
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1 certifies that the motor vehicle emission inspection program
2 has been implemented] June 30, 1989.
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4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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