PRINTER'S NO. 172
No. 178 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, LEMMOND, EARLL, COSTA, O'PAKE, STAPLETON,
STOUT AND KASUNIC, JANUARY 20, 1999
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 20, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for Guardian of Liberty registration
3 plates; and establishing the Guardian of Liberty Memorial
4 Fund to renovate war memorials.
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 § 1360. Guardian of Liberty plate.
10 The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania
11 Historical and Museum Commission, shall design a special
12 Guardian of Liberty registration plate. Upon application of any
13 person, accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition
14 to the annual registration fee, the department shall issue the
15 plate for a passenger car or truck with a gross vehicle weight
16 rating of not more than 9,000 pounds. The Guardian of Liberty
17 Memorial Fund shall receive $15 of the fee paid by the applicant
18 for the 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 (d) Guardian of Liberty Memorial Fund.--Fifteen dollars of
6 each fee received under section 1360 (relating to Guardian of
7 Liberty plate) shall be credited to the Guardian of Liberty
8 Memorial Fund, as follows:
9 (1) There is hereby established a special account in the
10 Treasury Department which shall be known as the Guardian of
11 Liberty Memorial Fund. The purpose of the Guardian of Liberty
12 Memorial Fund is for the establishment, restoration or
13 renovation of memorials or cemeteries and for conducting
14 commemorative activities to honor persons who have served in
15 the armed forces.
16 (2) All moneys in the Guardian of Liberty Memorial Fund
17 are hereby annually appropriated to the Pennsylvania
18 Historical and Museum Commission to be expended by authorized
19 municipalities and veterans groups, upon application,
20 approved for the purposes of this subsection.
21 (3) Amounts to be expended under this subsection shall
22 be submitted to the Governor by the Pennsylvania Historical
23 and Museum Commission for his approval.
24 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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