THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BEAR, AUMENT, BAKER, BOBACK, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CUTLER, EVERETT, FARRY, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, GROVE, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MAJOR, METCALFE, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, PASHINSKI, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, CULVER, SONNEY, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 24, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 24, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, providing for special plates for individuals in the

service of the United States Merchant Marine.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 1357.1.  Special plates for individuals in the service of the

United States Merchant Marine.

Upon application of any person who was in the service of the  

United States Merchant Marine during World War II, accompanied

by a fee of $20, which shall be in addition to the annual

registration fee, and by such documentation as the department

shall require, the department shall issue to the person a

special registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed

as belonging to a person who was in the service of the United

States Merchant Marine during World War II. The special

registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck

with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds.

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