THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BAKER, WASHINGTON, PIPPY, ROBBINS, STACK, TOMLINSON, WARD, RAFFERTY, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, BROWNE, BRUBAKER, EARLL, ERICKSON, FERLO, GREENLEAF, KASUNIC, LOGAN, MUSTO, O'PAKE, TARTAGLIONE, D. WHITE, WOZNIAK AND YAW, MARCH 6, 2009

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 6, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for a

special license plate for recipients of certain military

badges.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 1366.  Special plates for recipients of certain military

badges.

(a)  Recipients of the Combat Action Badge.--Upon application

of any person who is a recipient of the Combat Action Badge,

accompanied by a fee of $10 which shall be in addition to the

annual registration fee and by such documentation as the

department shall require, the department shall issue to the

person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so

licensed as belonging to a person who is a recipient of the

Combat Action Badge. The special registration plate may be used

only on a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight

of not more than 10,000 pounds.

(b)  Recipients of the Combat Infantryman Badge.--Upon

application of any person who is a recipient of the Combat

Infantryman badge, accompanied by a fee of $10 which shall be in

addition to the annual registration fee and by such

documentation as the department shall require, the department

shall issue to the person a special registration plate

designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who

is a recipient of the Combat Infantryman Badge. The special

registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck

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

(c)  Recipients of the Combat Medic Badge.--Upon application

of any person who is a recipient of the Combat Medic Badge,

accompanied by a fee of $10, which shall be in addition to the

annual registration fee and by such documentation as the

department shall require, the department shall issue to the

person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so

licensed as belonging to a person who is a recipient of the

Combat Medic Badge. The special registration plate may be used

only on a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight

of not more than 10,000 pounds.

(d)  Special fund.--Revenues which exceed the general

operating cost of the registration process under this section

shall be deposited in the Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Trust

Fund established in 51 Pa.C.S. § 1905 (relating to Pennsylvania

Veterans' Memorial Trust Fund) for the ongoing preservation and

restoration of the Pennsylvania Veterans Memorial at Fort

Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.

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