PRINTER'S NO. 263
No. 262 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, AFFLERBACH, COSTA, O'PAKE, BRIGHTBILL,
HART, STOUT, KITCHEN AND RHOADES, JANUARY 29, 1997
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 29, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for Guardian of Liberty registration
3 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 § 1360. Guardian of Liberty plate.
9 The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania
10 Historical and Museum Commission, shall design a special
11 Guardian of Liberty registration plate. Upon application of any
12 person, accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition
13 to the annual registration fee, the department shall issue the
14 plate for a passenger car or truck with a gross vehicle weight
15 rating of not more than 9,000 pounds. The Guardian of Liberty
16 Memorial Fund shall receive $15 of the fee paid by the applicant
17 for the plate.
18 Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
1 subsection to read:
2 § 1905. Payments to special funds.
3 * * *
4 (d) Guardian of Liberty Memorial Fund.--Fifteen dollars of
5 each fee received under section 1360 (relating to Guardian of
6 Liberty plate) shall be credited to the Guardian of Liberty
7 Memorial Fund, created as follows:
8 (1) There is hereby established a special account in the
9 Treasury Department which shall be known as the Guardian of
10 Liberty Memorial Fund. The purpose of the Guardian of Liberty
11 Memorial Fund is for the establishment, restoration or
12 renovation of memorials or cemeteries and for conducting
13 commemorative activities to honor persons who have served in
14 the armed forces.
15 (2) All moneys in the Guardian of Liberty Memorial Fund
16 are hereby annually appropriated to the Pennsylvania
17 Historical and Museum Commission to be expended by authorized
18 municipalities and veterans groups, upon application,
19 approved for the purposes of this subsection.
20 (3) Amounts to be expended under this subsection shall
21 be submitted to the Governor by the Pennsylvania Historical
22 and Museum Commission for his approval.
23 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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