PRINTER'S NO. 4399
No. 2895 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY TURZAI, CAPPELLI, CREIGHTON, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI,
EGOLF, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GEORGE, HASAY, HERSHEY, LEH,
MARKOSEK, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, PIPPY, SAINATO, SAYLOR,
R. STEVENSON, T. STEVENSON, G. WRIGHT AND YOUNGBLOOD,
OCTOBER 7, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, OCTOBER 7, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further defining "qualified motor vehicle" for
3 purposes of the motor carriers road tax.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. The definition of "qualified motor vehicle" in
7 section 2101.1 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 2101.1. Definitions.
10 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter and
11 in Chapter 96 (relating to motor carriers road tax) shall have
12 the meanings given to them in this section unless the context
13 clearly indicates otherwise:
14 * * *
15 "Qualified motor vehicle." A motor vehicle[, other than a
16 recreational vehicle,] which is used, designed or maintained for
17 transportation of persons or property and:
1 (1) Having two axles and a gross weight or registered
2 gross weight exceeding 26,000 pounds.
3 (2) Having three or more axles regardless of weight.
4 (3) Used in combination, when the gross weight or
5 registered gross weight of the combination exceeds 26,000
6 pounds.
7 If there is no registered gross weight, then the gross vehicle
8 weight rating (GVWR) or gross combination weight rating (GCWR)
9 of the motor vehicle shall be used. The term shall not include a
10 recreational vehicle, a truck or truck tractor registered under
11 section 1340 (relating to antique, classic and collectible
12 plates) or a mass transit vehicle registered under section 1340.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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