PRINTER'S NO. 232
No. 198 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, BAKER, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOYD,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL, CAUSER, COHEN, CONKLIN, COX,
CREIGHTON, DALEY, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FREEMAN,
GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON,
KULA, MANN, McILHATTAN, MELIO, MILLARD, MOYER, O'NEILL, PYLE,
RAPP, REICHLEY, ROAE, SAINATO, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY,
STABACK, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, HESS AND
PETRI, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for special license plates for
3 recipients of medals for military service and for exemption
4 of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 1345 and 1901(c) of Title 75 of the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
9 § 1345. Special plates for recipients of the Medal of Honor,
10 Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying
11 Cross, Navy Cross or Air Force Cross.
12 Upon application of any person who is a recipient of the
13 Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished
14 Flying Cross, Navy Cross or Air Force Cross, the department
15 shall issue to such person a special registration plate
16 designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who
1 is a recipient of the Medal of Honor[.], Distinguished Service
2 Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Navy Cross or Air Force
3 Cross. The special registration place may be used only on a
4 passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not
5 more than 10,000 pounds. The plate shall have a light blue
6 background interspersed with 13 white stars. The center of the
7 plate shall bear a golden bronze replica of the appropriate
8 medal. The initials of each recipient shall be embossed in red
9 to the left of the medal and the letters "CMH" (for
10 Congressional Medal of Honor), "DSC" (for Distinguished Service
11 Cross), "DFS" (for Distinguished Flying Cross), "NC" (for Navy
12 Cross) or "AFC" (for Air Force Cross) shall be embossed in red
13 to the right of the medal.
14 § 1901. Exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
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16 (c) Processing fee in lieu of registration fee.--No
17 registration fee shall be charged for vehicles registered by any
18 of the following but the department shall charge a fee of $10 to
19 cover the costs of processing for issuing or renewing the
20 registration:
21 (1) Hospital.
22 (2) Humane society.
23 (3) Nonprofit youth center.
24 (4) American Red Cross.
25 (5) Church.
26 (6) Girl Scouts of America.
27 (7) Boy Scouts of America.
28 (8) Salvation Army.
29 (9) Duly chartered posts of national veterans'
30 organizations.
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1 (10) Young Men's Christian Association.
2 (11) Young Men's Hebrew Association.
3 (12) Young Women's Christian Association.
4 (13) Young Women's Hebrew Association.
5 (14) Jewish Community Center.
6 (15) Nonprofit corporations of musical marching groups
7 of youths.
8 (16) Any person who is retired and receiving social
9 security or other pension and whose total annual income does
10 not exceed $19,200. Unless the retired person is physically
11 or mentally incapable of driving the vehicle, the retired
12 person shall be the principal driver of the vehicle but may
13 from time to time authorize another person to drive the
14 vehicle in his or her stead.
15 (17) Any veteran who lost a limb or eye or who became
16 partially paralyzed while serving in the armed forces of the
17 United States.
18 (18) A person who, as a member of the armed forces of
19 the United States, was captured by the enemy during World War
20 I, World War II, the Korean Emergency, the Vietnam Conflict
21 or in a future armed conflict for which the Department of
22 Defense authorizes a campaign medal.
23 (19) Any person who has been awarded the Congressional
24 Medal of Honor[.], Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished
25 Flying Cross, Navy Cross or Air Force Cross.
26 (20) Nonprofit organizations which care for or otherwise
27 provide services for the elderly or the infirm.
28 (21) Nonprofit organizations which principally serve
29 mentally or physically handicapped or disabled persons.
30 (22) Nonprofit mobile aviation museum.
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1 (23) Nonprofit corporations that provide ambulance or
2 emergency medical services.
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4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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