PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 200 PRINTER'S NO. 2187
No. 174 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, BARRAR, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CARROLL, CAUSER, COHEN, COX, CREIGHTON, DALEY, FABRIZIO,
GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GRUCELA, HESS, HORNAMAN,
JAMES, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MANN, MELIO, M. O'BRIEN,
PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, SURRA,
WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, MURT, SIPTROTH AND DENLINGER,
FEBRUARY 1, 2007
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JULY 2, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for a special registration plate for
3 veterans and members of United States military airborne
4 units. and for military airborne parachutist and glider <--
5 units.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9 Statutes is amended by adding sections A SECTION to read: <--
10 § 1366. Special plates for United States military airborne
11 units.
12 (a) General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a
13 veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne
14 unit, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to
15 the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the
16 department shall require, the department shall issue to the
1 person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so
2 licensed as belonging to a person who is a veteran of or a
3 member of a United States military airborne unit. The special
4 registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck
5 with a registered gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds. <--
6 (b) Plate details.--The special registration plate shall
7 display a set of jump wings and glider wings along with the
8 letters "ABN" followed by a series of five digits. The first two
9 or three digits of the five-digit series will denote the number
10 of the division under which the person served.
11 § 1367. Special plates for veterans of and members of all
12 military airborne parachutist and glider units.
13 (a) General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a
14 veteran of or a member of a military airborne parachutist or
15 glider unit, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in
16 addition to the annual registration fee and by such
17 documentation as the department may require, the department
18 shall issue to the person a special registration plate
19 designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who
20 is a veteran of or a member of a military airborne parachutist
21 or glider unit. The special registration plate may be used only
22 on a passenger car or a truck with a registered gross weight of
23 not more than 10,000 pounds.
24 (b) Plate specifications.--The plate shall have a set of
25 jump wings and glider wings. 10,000 POUNDS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL <--
26 DESIGN AND PRODUCE THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE TO DISPLAY A
27 SET OF JUMP WINGS AND GLIDER WINGS.
28 (c) (B) Definition.--As used in this section, the term <--
29 "veteran of or a member of a military airborne parachutist and <--
30 glider unit" includes UNITED STATES MILITARY AIRBORNE UNIT" <--
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1 INCLUDES PARACHUTIST OR GLIDER UNITS, glider troopers,
2 paratroopers, air assault troopers, Rangers, U.S. Army Special
3 Forces, USMC Recon, U.S. Navy Seals, U.S. Air Force Special
4 Operations, Troop Carrier Command, including glider pilots and
5 the 160th SOAR, military personnel who satisfactorily completed
6 the prescribed proficiency tests while assigned or attached to
7 an airborne unit and any other military personnel determined by
8 the department to be appropriately classified as a member of a
9 United States military airborne parachutist or glider unit.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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