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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, RAFFERTY, COSTA, HUGHES, BROWNE, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, ERICKSON, MENSCH, LEACH, SCHWANK, FOLMER, SOLOBAY, BREWSTER AND BRUBAKER, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for |
3 | veteran plates and placard. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 1342(a), (c) and (d) of Title 75 of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: |
8 | § 1342. Veteran plates and placard. |
9 | (a) Severely disabled veteran plate.--On the application of |
10 | a veteran whose service-connected disability is certified at |
11 | 100% by the service unit of the armed forces in which the |
12 | veteran served or by the United States Veterans' Administration |
13 | or who has a service-connected disability of the type enumerated |
14 | in section 1338 (relating to person with disability plate and |
15 | placard), the department shall issue a special registration |
16 | plate designating the vehicle as belonging to a severely |
17 | disabled veteran. The registration plate shall have a white |
18 | background, shall have blue numbers or letters as the department |
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1 | may determine, shall have the words "disabled veteran" in at |
2 | least ten-point bold type inscribed in red at the bottom of the |
3 | plate and shall include the international symbol for access for |
4 | persons with disabilities. [Only one] A special registration |
5 | plate [shall be] issued to a veteran under this section[. It] |
6 | may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a registered |
7 | gross weight of not more than 10,000 pounds. In the case of a |
8 | motorcycle, the department shall issue a decal containing the |
9 | international symbol for access for persons with disabilities |
10 | and the words "disabled veteran" for display on the registration |
11 | plate. |
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13 | (c) Disabled veteran plates.--On the application of any |
14 | veteran having a disability certified by the service unit of the |
15 | armed forces in which the veteran served or by the United States |
16 | Veterans' Administration as service-connected, the department |
17 | shall issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle |
18 | as belonging to a disabled veteran. The registration plate shall |
19 | have a white background, shall have numbers or letters as the |
20 | department may determine and shall have the words "disabled |
21 | veteran" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom |
22 | of the plate. [Only one] A special registration plate [shall be] |
23 | issued to a veteran under this section[. It] may be used only on |
24 | a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not |
25 | more than 10,000 pounds. |
26 | (d) Prisoner of war plate.--On the application of an ex- |
27 | prisoner of war whose imprisonment while in the service of the |
28 | armed forces of the United States is certified by the |
29 | appropriate branch of the armed forces, the department shall |
30 | issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle as |
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1 | belonging to an ex-prisoner of war. The registration plate shall |
2 | contain the letters "POW" and such other numbers or letters as |
3 | the department may determine and shall have the words "prisoner |
4 | of war" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom |
5 | of the plate. [Only one] A special registration plate [shall be] |
6 | issued to an ex-prisoner of war under this subsection[. The |
7 | special registration plate] may be used only on a passenger car |
8 | or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 |
9 | pounds. |
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11 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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