PRINTER'S NO. 182
No. 162 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY HALUSKA, DeWEESE, ALLEN, BAKER, BEBKO-JONES,
BELARDI, BELFANTI, BROWNE, BUNT, CAPPELLI, CORRIGAN, COSTA,
CRAHALLA, CRUZ, DALEY, EACHUS, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GEORGE,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, YUDICHAK, ZUG, HERMAN, HERSHEY,
HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, McCALL, MELIO,
PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, READSHAW, ROBERTS, SAINATO,
SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK, SURRA, TIGUE, YEWCIC AND
YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 10, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 10, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for coal heritage commemorative
3 registration plates.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1361. Coal heritage commemorative registration plate.
9 (a) Plate.--The department, in consultation with the
10 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, shall design a
11 coal heritage commemorative registration plate. Upon application
12 of any person, accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in
13 addition to the annual registration fee, the department shall
14 issue the plate for a passenger car, motor home, trailer or
15 truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 9,000
1 pounds.
2 (b) Use of fee.--Of each fee paid under subsection (a), $15
3 shall be deposited into the Coal Heritage Account, which is
4 established as a special account in the Historical Preservation
5 Fund of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for
6 nonprofit and government-owned coal mining sites and museums and
7 their affiliate tunnels. The commission shall administer the
8 account as follows:
9 (1) To promote coal heritage.
10 (2) To preserve, maintain and operate nonprofit and
11 government-owned coal mining sites and museums and their
12 affiliate tunnels.
13 (3) After making a determination that there has been
14 compliance with paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, to
15 contribute to the fund.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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