PRINTER'S NO. 1840
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1653
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, MERSKI, HILL-EVANS, BOBACK, FREEMAN,
PISCIOTTANO, SAMUELSON, CAUSER, HOHENSTEIN, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
CIRESI AND GILLEN, JUNE 16, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 16, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in fees, further providing for exemption of
persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1901(c)(16) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 1901. Exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
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(c) Processing fee in lieu of registration fee.--No
registration fee shall be charged for vehicles registered by any
of the following but the department shall charge a fee of $10 to
cover the costs of processing for issuing or renewing the
registration:
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(16) [Any] (i) Subject to adjustment under subparagraph
(ii), a person who is retired and receiving social
security or other pension and whose total annual income
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does not exceed [$19,200] $29,906. Unless the retired
person is physically or mentally incapable of driving the
vehicle, the retired person shall be the principal driver
of the vehicle but may from time to time authorize
another person to drive the vehicle in his or her stead.
(ii) Beginning the first day of January following
the year of the effective date of this subparagraph and
each January 1 thereafter , the maximum total annual
income amount in subparagraph (i) shall be fixed annually
by the department based upon the maximum amount in the
prior year as adjusted to reflect the change in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for
the United States for all items as published by the
United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, for the previous 12-month period. The maximum
amount as adjusted shall be rounded to the nearest
multiple of $1. The departm ent shall transmit no tice of
the new maximum amount to the Legislative Reference
Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in five months.
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