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PRINTER'S NO. 36
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
55
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, SCARNATI, VULAKOVICH, FARNESE,
BREWSTER, YUDICHAK, RESCHENTHALER, HUTCHINSON, COSTA,
BOSCOLA, WHITE AND RAFFERTY, JANUARY 12, 2017
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 12, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
veteran plates and placard.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1342(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 1342. Veteran plates and placard.
(a) Severely disabled veteran plate.--On the application of
a veteran whose service-connected disability is certified at
[100%] 75% or greater by the service unit of the armed forces in
which the veteran served or by the United States Veterans'
Administration or who has a service-connected disability of the
type enumerated in section 1338 (relating to person with
disability plate and placard), the department shall issue a
special registration plate designating the vehicle as belonging
to a severely disabled veteran. The registration plate shall
have a white background, shall have blue numbers or letters as
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the department may determine, shall have the words "disabled
veteran" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed in red at the
bottom of the plate and shall include the international symbol
for access for persons with disabilities. A special registration
plate issued to a veteran under this section may be used only on
a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not
more than 14,000 pounds. In the case of a motorcycle, the
department shall issue a decal containing the international
symbol for access for persons with disabilities and the words
"disabled veteran" for display on the registration plate.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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