THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY J. EVANS, GEIST, BARRAR, BEAR, BOBACK, BOYD, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, DAY, DeWEESE, EVERETT, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, M.K. KELLER, KILLION, MANN, MILLARD, MILLER, PAYNE, PEIFER, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, WHITE AND KULA, JANUARY 19, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 19, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for special registration plates

generally.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1341 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1341.  Special registration plates generally.

Upon request by the applicant, the department may issue

registration plates consisting of any combination of numbers,

letters or numbers and letters. These special plates may be

issued for special groups or for special purposes and bear an

appropriate designation. Special groups may charge a fee for

authorization to request a registration plate bearing the name

of the group. They shall have the same force and effect as

regular registration plates. The department may refuse any

combination of letters and numbers for cause and shall adopt

reasonable rules and regulations for the issuance of the plates

and for carrying out the provisions of this section. The

applicant shall comply with all laws and regulations pertaining

to registration including the payment of any additional fees.

The department is authorized to reissue a combination of numbers

or letters for a personal plate if the department records reveal

that no activity, such as renewal or transfer of the personal

registration plate, has occurred for a period of five or more

consecutive years and provided that the personal registration

plate was never reported as lost or stolen. Whenever the

department reissues an inactive personal plate, the department

may purge its records of all references to the previous owners

of that personal plate. The department shall, however, note upon

its records the reissuance of the personal plate and to whom the

plate was issued. The special registration plate may be used

only on a passenger car, motorcycle, motor home or truck with a

registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 pounds. If the

vehicle is licensed to a business that is not a member of the

special group, the department shall issue the plate as long as

the business owner or officer making application is a member of

that group.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.