PRINTER'S NO. 667
No. 602 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY LYNCH, CORRIGAN, O'BRIEN, McGEEHAN, TIGUE,
STEELMAN, HENNESSEY, ROONEY, DEMPSEY, WOJNAROSKI, LAUGHLIN,
ADOLPH, WOGAN, BEBKO-JONES, DALEY, J. TAYLOR, HALUSKA,
TRELLO, KELLER, BROWNE, RAMOS, GANNON, McCALL, LEDERER,
PISTELLA, SHANER, DONATUCCI, DeLUCA, BELARDI, GEIST,
READSHAW, HANNA, ROBERTS, MARKOSEK AND HORSEY,
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 13, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for Pennsylvania Irish Caucus
3 registration plates and for a fund to renovate war memorials.
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 § 1360. Pennsylvania Irish Caucus plate.
9 The department, in consultation with the Irish Legislative
10 Caucus of Pennsylvania, shall design a special Pennsylvania
11 Irish Caucus registration plate. Upon application of any person,
12 accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the
13 annual registration fee, the department shall issue the plate
14 for a passenger car or truck with a gross vehicle weight rating
15 of not more than 9,000 pounds. The Irish Famine Memorial Fund
16 shall receive $15 of the fee paid by the applicant for the
1 plate.
2 Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
3 subsection to read:
4 § 1905. Payments to special funds.
5 * * *
6 (d) Irish Famine Memorial Fund.--Fifteen dollars of each fee
7 received under section 1360 (relating to Pennsylvania Irish
8 Caucus plate) shall be credited to the Irish Famine Memorial
9 Fund, created as follows:
10 (1) There is hereby established a special account in the
11 State Treasury which shall be known as the Irish Famine
12 Memorial Fund. The purpose of the Irish Famine Memorial Fund
13 is for the establishment, restoration or renovation of
14 memorials and for conducting commemorative activities to
15 honor persons who suffered in the Irish famine.
16 (2) All moneys in the Irish Famine Memorial Fund are
17 hereby annually appropriated to the Irish Legislative Caucus
18 of Pennsylvania to be expended by authorized municipalities
19 and social organizations, upon application, approved for the
20 purposes of this subsection.
21 (3) Estimates of amounts to be expended under this
22 subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the Irish
23 Legislative Caucus of Pennsylvania for his approval.
24 (4) The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition
25 for expenditures by the Irish Legislative Caucus of
26 Pennsylvania in excess of estimates approved by the Governor
27 or in excess of the amount available for the purposes for
28 which the requisition was made, whichever is the lesser
29 amount.
30 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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