PRINTER'S NO. 2857
No. 2241 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY LYNCH, CORRIGAN, O'BRIEN, McGEEHAN, DeWEESE,
DEMPSEY, McGILL, RUBLEY, McCALL, MARKOSEK, DERMODY, TIGUE,
ROONEY, STEELMAN, J. TAYLOR, ADOLPH, M. COHEN, LEDERER,
BROWNE AND STISH, NOVEMBER 27, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 27, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for Pennsylvania Irish Caucus
3 registration plates and for a fund to renovate war memorials.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1358. Pennsylvania Irish Caucus plate.
9 The department, in consultation with the Irish Legislative
10 Caucus of Pennsylvania, shall design a special Pennsylvania
11 Irish Caucus registration plate. Upon application of any person,
12 accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the
13 annual registration fee, the department shall issue the plate
14 for a passenger car or truck with a gross vehicle weight rating
15 of not more than 9,000 pounds. The Irish Famine Memorial Fund
16 shall receive $15 of the fee paid by the applicant for the
17 plate.
1 Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
2 subsection to read:
3 § 1905. Payments to special funds.
4 * * *
5 (c) Irish Famine Memorial Fund.--Fifteen dollars of each fee
6 received under section 1358 (relating to Pennsylvania Irish
7 Caucus plate) shall be credited to the Irish Famine Memorial
8 Fund, created as follows:
9 (1) There is hereby established a special account in the
10 Treasury Department which shall be known as the Irish Famine
11 Memorial Fund. The purpose of the Irish Famine Memorial Fund
12 is for the establishment, restoration or renovation of
13 memorials and for conducting commemorative activities to
14 honor persons who suffered in the Irish famine.
15 (2) All moneys in the Irish Famine Memorial Fund are
16 hereby annually appropriated to the Irish Legislative Caucus
17 of Pennsylvania to be expended by authorized municipalities
18 and social organizations, upon application, approved for the
19 purposes of this subsection.
20 (3) Amounts to be expended under this subsection shall
21 be submitted to the Governor by the Irish Legislative Caucus
22 of Pennsylvania for his approval.
23 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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