PRINTER'S NO. 484
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
496
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY T. DAVIS, ISAACSON, SCHLOSSBERG, KORTZ, STURLA,
JAMES, WARREN, HILL-EVANS, MURT, ULLMAN, McCLINTON, NEILSON
AND INNAMORATO, FEBRUARY 12, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 12, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
issuance of registration card and for registration card to be
signed and exhibited on demand.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1308(a) and 1311 of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 1308. Issuance of registration card.
(a) General rule.--The department, upon registering a
vehicle, shall issue to the registrant a paper or electronic
registration card which shall contain the registration number
assigned to the vehicle, the name and address of the registrant
and the name of the owner, if other than the registrant, a
description of the vehicle including the vehicle identification
number, the expiration date and such other information as may be
determined by the department.
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§ 1311. Registration card to be signed and exhibited on demand.
(a) Signing card.--Upon receiving the paper or electronic
registration card or any duplicate, the registrant shall sign
his name in the space provided.
(b) Carrying and exhibiting card.--Every registration card
shall, at all times while the vehicle is being operated upon a
highway, be in the possession of the person driving or in
control of the vehicle or carried in the vehicle and shall be
exhibited upon demand of any police officer. The person driving
or in control of the vehicle shall display the paper or
electronic registration card to the police officer. The
following shall apply:
(1) I f the person displays an electronic registration
card using an electronic device, the police officer shall
only view the electronic registration card and may not
manipulate the electronic device to view any other
information on the electronic device. The person who displays
the electronic registration card using an electronic device
as provided in this subsection shall not be presumed to have
consented to a search of the electronic device.
(2) The Commonwealth, a law enforcement agency or an
employee of the Commonwealth or a law enforcement agency
shall not be liable for damage to or loss of an electronic
device that occurs as a result of the police officer's
viewing of the electronic registration card in the manner
provided in paragraph (1), regardless of whether the police
officer or the person displaying the electronic registration
card was in possession of the electronic device when the
damage or loss occurred.
(3) A digital photograph of a valid registration card
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shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
(c) Production to avoid penalty.--No person shall be
convicted of violating this section or section 1301 (relating to
driving unregistered vehicle prohibited) if the person produces
at the office of the issuing authority or at the office of the
arresting police officer within five days of the violation, a
paper or electronic registration card valid in this Commonwealth
at the time of the arrest. The following shall apply:
(1) If the person displays an electronic registration
card using an electronic device, an employee at the office of
the issuing authority or at the office of the arresting
police officer shall only view the electronic registration
card and may not manipulate the electronic device to view any
other information on the electronic device. The person who
displays the electronic registration card using an electronic
device as provided in this subsection shall not be presumed
to have consented to a search of the electronic device.
(2) The office of the issuing authority, the office of
the arresting police officer, an employee of the office of
the issuing authority or an employee of the office of the
arresting police officer shall not be liable for damage to or
loss of an electronic device that occurs as a result of the
employee's viewing of the electronic registration card in the
manner provided in paragraph (1), regardless of whether the
employee or the person displaying the electronic registration
card was in possession of the electronic device when the
damage or loss occurred.
(3) A digital photograph of a valid registration card
shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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