THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, TARTAGLIONE, KITCHEN, KASUNIC, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, BROWNE, TOMLINSON, ALLOWAY, BRUBAKER, SOLOBAY, BREWSTER, MENSCH AND BOSCOLA, JANUARY 12, 2011

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 12, 2011  

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:

§ 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

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. Only one

special registration plate shall be issued to a veteran under

this section. It may be used only on a passenger car or truck

with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 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.

* * *

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