THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PRESTON, CALTAGIRONE AND HORNAMAN, MAY 16, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 16, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, providing for county registration of motor

vehicles.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Chapter 13 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:

SUBCHAPTER D

COUNTY REGISTRATION

Sec.

1381.  Requirement.

§ 1381.  Requirement.

(a)  General rule.--Each vehicle required to be registered

under this chapter also must be registered in the county wherein

the owner resides as provided for in this section.

(b)  Authority.--Each county may adopt an ordinance requiring

the owner of any vehicle referred to in subsection (a) to

register that vehicle.

(c)  Fees.--The fee each county may charge for such

registration shall be $10 in addition to the cost of any sticker

or emblem that may be required to be affixed to the vehicle.

Fees imposed under this subsection shall be in addition to any

other fees imposed under this chapter.

(d)  Funds established.--Each county that enacts or adopts an

ordinance under subsection (b) shall deposit all revenues from

fees imposed under subsection (c) in a restricted receipts

account with the use of the funds restricted as provided for in

subsection (e).

(e)  Use of funds.--The money deposited in the restricted

receipts accounts may only be used as follows:

(1)  Eighty percent distributed to municipalities within

the county for local road and bridge maintenance.

(2)  Fifteen percent for county road and bridge

maintenance.

(3)  Five percent for administrative costs.

(f)  Regulations.--The department may promulgate regulations

necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

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