| SENATE AMENDED |
| PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 89, 2574 | PRINTER'S NO. 3069 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, GEIST, BARRAR, HESS, BAKER, BOYD, BROOKS, CLYMER, CUTLER, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GABLER, GROVE, HAHN, KAUFFMAN, KNOWLES, KRIEGER, LONGIETTI, MOUL, PEIFER, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, SIMMONS, SONNEY, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH, COX, BENNINGHOFF, QUINN, SACCONE, GILLEN, DENLINGER, R. BROWN, CAUSER AND CALTAGIRONE, JANUARY 21, 2011 |
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| AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, FEBRUARY 8, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, further providing for veteran plates and placard; | <-- |
3 | and providing for issuance of "In God We Trust" registration |
4 | plates. |
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 | Section 1. Section 1342(a), (c) and (d) of Title 75 of the | <-- |
10 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: |
11 | § 1342. Veteran plates and placard. |
12 | (a) Severely disabled veteran plate.--On the application of |
13 | a veteran whose service-connected disability is certified at |
14 | 100% by the service unit of the armed forces in which the |
15 | veteran served or by the United States Veterans' Administration |
16 | or who has a service-connected disability of the type enumerated |
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1 | in section 1338 (relating to person with disability plate and |
2 | placard), the department shall issue a special registration |
3 | plate designating the vehicle as belonging to a severely |
4 | disabled veteran. The registration plate shall have a white |
5 | background, shall have blue numbers or letters as the department |
6 | may determine, shall have the words "disabled veteran" in at |
7 | least ten-point bold type inscribed in red at the bottom of the |
8 | plate and shall include the international symbol for access for |
9 | persons with disabilities. [Only one] A special registration |
10 | plate [shall be] issued to a veteran under this section[. It] |
11 | may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a registered |
12 | gross weight of not more than 10,000 pounds. In the case of a |
13 | motorcycle, the department shall issue a decal containing the |
14 | international symbol for access for persons with disabilities |
15 | and the words "disabled veteran" for display on the registration |
16 | plate. |
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18 | (c) Disabled veteran plates.--On the application of any |
19 | veteran having a disability certified by the service unit of the |
20 | armed forces in which the veteran served or by the United States |
21 | Veterans' Administration as service-connected, the department |
22 | shall issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle |
23 | as belonging to a disabled veteran. The registration plate shall |
24 | have a white background, shall have numbers or letters as the |
25 | department may determine and shall have the words "disabled |
26 | veteran" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom |
27 | of the plate. [Only one] A special registration plate [shall be] |
28 | issued to a veteran under this section[. It] may be used only on |
29 | a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not |
30 | more than 10,000 pounds. |
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1 | (d) Prisoner of war plate.--On the application of an ex- |
2 | prisoner of war whose imprisonment while in the service of the |
3 | armed forces of the United States is certified by the |
4 | appropriate branch of the armed forces, the department shall |
5 | issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle as |
6 | belonging to an ex-prisoner of war. The registration plate shall |
7 | contain the letters "POW" and such other numbers or letters as |
8 | the department may determine and shall have the words "prisoner |
9 | of war" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom |
10 | of the plate. [Only one] A special registration plate [shall be] |
11 | issued to an ex-prisoner of war under this subsection[. The |
12 | special registration plate] may be used only on a passenger car |
13 | or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 |
14 | pounds. |
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16 | Section 2. Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read: |
17 | § 1366. Special "In God We Trust" plates. |
18 | Upon application of any person, accompanied by a fee of $20 |
19 | which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee, the |
20 | department shall issue to the person a special "In God We Trust" |
21 | registration plate. The special registration plate may be used |
22 | only on a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight |
23 | of not more than 14,000 pounds. |
24 | Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 120 days. | <-- |
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