THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY LAWRENCE, MOUL, CONKLIN, GEIST, AUMENT, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BOBACK, BOYD, CLYMER, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DAVIDSON, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EMRICK, EVERETT, FARRY, FLECK, GABLER, GIBBONS, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GROVE, HAHN, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KAMPF, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MALONEY, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, METCALFE, MICCARELLI, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, ADOLPH, MURT, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, ROCK, SAYLOR, CULVER, SCHRODER, SIMMONS, SONNEY, STERN, STURLA, SWANGER, TOEPEL, TOOHIL, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 25, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 25, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further regulating antique, classic and collectible

plates.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1340 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1340.  Antique, classic and collectible plates.

(a)  General rule.--Upon submission by a vehicle owner of

information satisfactory to the department that a motorcycle or

motor vehicle is an antique motorcycle or motor vehicle or

classic motorcycle or motor vehicle or collectible motorcycle or

motor vehicle, accompanied by the appropriate fee, the

department may issue special plates for the motorcycle or

vehicle. The special plate for antique motor vehicles, except

antique motorcycles, shall bear the designation "antique

vehicle." The applicant shall provide photographic proof in a

manner specified by the department to demonstrate the condition

of the motor vehicle. No annual registration fee may be charged

for antique, collectible or classic motorcycles or motor

vehicles. A holder of the special plates may obtain replacement

plates bearing the designation "antique vehicle" upon payment of

the appropriate fee.

(a.1)  Vintage registration plates.--In lieu of a special

plate issued under subsection (a), the owner of an antique or

classic motor vehicle may request permission from the department

to display a vintage registration plate from the model year of

the motor vehicle. The vintage registration plate shall be:

(1)  Provided by the motor vehicle owner.

(2)  A Pennsylvania registration plate issued between the

years 1906 and 1975.

(3)  Legible from a reasonable distance.

The applicant shall provide information as the department may

require for processing the request and a $75 application fee.

The department may deny a request to use a vintage registration

plate for cause.

(b)  Use of plates.--It is unlawful for any person to operate

a motorcycle or vehicle with antique, classic, vintage or

collectible registration plates for general daily

transportation. Permitted use shall be limited to participation

in club activities, exhibits, tours, parades, occasional

transportation and similar uses. Occasional transportation shall

mean no more than one day per week.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 120 days.