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PRINTER'S NO. 1602
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1486
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY O'NEAL, RYAN, HENNESSEY, PICKETT, KAUFFMAN,
POLINCHOCK, HEFFLEY, McNEILL, R. BROWN, LEWIS, THOMAS,
FREEMAN, SAINATO, STAATS, OWLETT, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
PENNYCUICK, KULIK, T. DAVIS, HAMM, WEBSTER, SCHMITT, MILLARD,
MOUL, DRISCOLL, NEILSON AND ROWE, MAY 25, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 25, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Blue
Star Family plate.
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:
ยง 1366.2. Blue Star Family plate.
(a) General rule.--Upon application of a family member of a
person who is an active duty service member in the military,
accompanied by a fee of $20 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
family member a special registration plate designating the
vehicle so licensed as belonging to a family member of a person
serving on active duty in the military. The department shall
design and produce the special registration plate carrying the
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Blue Star which signifies that a family member is an active duty
service member. The words "Blue Star Family" shall be clearly
displayed along the bottom of the plate. The special
registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck
with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds.
(b) Documentation required.--An applicant for a Blue Star
Family plate shall certify on a form approved by the department
that the applicant is a family member of a person who is an
active duty service member in the military.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "family
member" includes the following:
(1) Mother.
(2) Father.
(3) Stepmother.
(4) Stepfather.
(5) Mother through adoption.
(6) Father through adoption.
(7) Foster mother in loco parentis.
(8) Foster father in loco parentis.
(9) Son.
(10) Daughter.
(11) Stepson.
(12) Stepdaughter.
(13) Son by adoption.
(14) Daughter by adoption.
(15) Brother.
(16) Sister.
(17) Half-brother.
(18) Half-sister.
(19) Grandfather.
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(20) Grandmother.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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