PRINTER'S NO. 2083
No. 1705 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY BILLOW, MELIO, TIGUE, WOZNIAK, NOYE, GIGLIOTTI,
NAHILL, McHALE, PESCI, DeWEESE, McCALL, DISTLER, SEMMEL,
VEON, KENNEY, MARKOSEK, LAUGHLIN, PISTELLA, HESS, DeLUCA,
MORRIS, TRELLO, BELARDI, VAN HORNE, STABACK, MERRY, JOHNSON,
SCRIMENTI, FARGO, S. H. SMITH, KASUNIC, TELEK AND SERAFINI,
JUNE 19, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 19, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for the voluntary surrender of
3 registration plates and registration cards to the
4 Pennsylvania State Police.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 1378. Voluntary surrender of registration plates and cards.
10 (a) Voluntary surrender.--A person who does not wish to
11 drive a passenger car for a period of time, but who intends to
12 again drive the passenger car within the registration period,
13 may cancel any insurance policy which satisfies the financial
14 responsibility requirements of Chapter 17 (relating to financial
15 responsibility) and may voluntarily surrender the registration
16 plate and registration card for the vehicle or vehicles covered
17 by that policy to a member of the Pennsylvania State Police at a
1 Pennsylvania State Police barracks in the vicinity of his
2 residence. The member of the Pennsylvania State Police to whom
3 the registration plate and registration card is surrendered
4 shall issue a receipt to the person and promptly cause the
5 department to be notified of the surrender of the registration
6 plate and registration card. Upon receipt of the notice, the
7 department shall temporarily suspend the registration. The
8 surrendered plate and card shall be retained in the Pennsylvania
9 State Police barracks where surrendered.
10 (b) Return.--Upon request to the Pennsylvania State Police
11 barracks where the registration plate and registration card were
12 surrendered along with the submission of proof of financial
13 responsibility as required by Chapter 17, the registration plate
14 and registration card shall be returned, and the department
15 shall promptly be notified of the return. Upon receipt of the
16 notice, the department shall immediately reinstate the
17 registration.
18 (c) Procedure.--The department shall, by regulation,
19 establish a procedure for the Pennsylvania State Police to
20 accept, hold and return voluntarily surrendered registration
21 plates and registration cards in accordance with this section.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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