PRINTER'S NO. 968
No. 887 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY KOSINSKI, MRKONIC, STABACK, SHOWERS, BELFANTI,
SWEET, BATTISTO, PISTELLA, OLASZ, DONATUCCI, TIGUE, WOGAN,
KENNEY, CIVERA, FOX, McVERRY, JOHNSON, CESSAR, LANGTRY,
GEIST, ROBBINS AND COHEN, MARCH 17, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 17, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for prisoner of war plates.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 1342(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes, amended December 11, 1986 (P.L.1530,
7 No.166), is amended to read:
8 § 1342. Veteran plates and placard.
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10 (d) Prisoner of war plate.--On the application of an ex-
11 prisoner of war whose imprisonment while in the service of the
12 armed forces of the United States or its allies is certified by
13 the appropriate branch of the armed forces, the department shall
14 issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle as
15 belonging to an ex-prisoner of war. The registration plate shall
16 contain the letters "POW" and such other numbers or letters as
17 the department may determine and shall have the words "prisoner
1 of war" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom
2 of the plate. The special registration plate may be used only on
3 one passenger vehicle or one other vehicle with a registered
4 gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds.
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6 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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