PRINTER'S NO. 803
No. 752 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY CORRIGAN, JAMES, READSHAW, YOUNGBLOOD, LUCYK,
McCALL, GEIST, STERN, STABACK, LYNCH, BELARDI, SANTONI,
MASLAND, MAHER, E. Z. TAYLOR, GRUCELA, DALEY, HENNESSEY,
HUTCHINSON, CAWLEY, SCHULER, SHANER, SOLOBAY, MELIO, DeLUCA,
LAUGHLIN, SEYFERT, WALKO, BARRAR, COY, COLAFELLA, TRELLO,
PLATTS, McGILL, RUFFING, MICHLOVIC, DiGIROLAMO, HARHAI,
ROONEY, HORSEY, CURRY, MANN, ROBERTS AND MYERS, MARCH 9, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 9, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, authorizing the surviving spouse of an ex-prisoner
3 of war to use the POW registration plate until his or her
4 death.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1342(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes, amended December 21, 1998 (P.L.1126,
9 No.151), is amended to read:
10 § 1342. Veteran plates and placard.
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12 (d) Prisoner of war plate.--On the application of an ex-
13 prisoner of war whose imprisonment while in the service of the
14 armed forces of the United States is certified by the
15 appropriate branch of the armed forces, the department shall
16 issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle as
1 belonging to an ex-prisoner of war. The registration plate shall
2 contain the letters "POW" and such other numbers or letters as
3 the department may determine and shall have the words "prisoner
4 of war" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom
5 of the plate. Only one special registration plate shall be
6 issued to an ex-prisoner of war under this subsection. The
7 special registration plate may be used only on a passenger car
8 or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 9,000
9 pounds. The surviving spouse of an ex-prisoner of war is
10 entitled to use the POW plate issued to his or her spouse, until
11 the death of the surviving spouse.
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13 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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