PRINTER'S NO. 187
No. 207 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY CIVERA, MICOZZIE, ADOLPH, LAWLESS, MAJOR, FORCIER
AND WATSON, JANUARY 24, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 24, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for exemption of persons,
3 entities and vehicles from fees.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1901(c) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding paragraphs to read:
8 § 1901. Exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
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10 (c) Processing fee in lieu of registration fee.--No
11 registration fee shall be charged for vehicles registered by any
12 of the following but the department shall charge a fee of $10 to
13 cover the costs of processing for issuing or renewing the
14 registration:
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16 (24) Any person who is an active volunteer firefighter
17 or fire police officer who annually participates in at least
18 40% of the emergency calls to which that fire department had
1 been dispatched to respond. The chief or president of the
2 volunteer fire department shall sign the applicant's request
3 form to the department, thus affirming the applicant's
4 current active participation with the volunteer fire
5 department.
6 (25) Any person who is an emergency medical technician-
7 paramedic as defined in the act of July 3, 1985 (P.L.164,
8 No.45), known as the Emergency Medical Services Act, who
9 annually participates in at least 40% of the emergency calls
10 to which the ambulance service was dispatched to respond. The
11 president of the ambulance service shall sign the applicant's
12 request form to the department, thus affirming the
13 applicant's current active participation with the ambulance
14 service.
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16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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