PRINTER'S NO. 1063
No. 944 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY CORRIGAN, ALLEN, BARRAR, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES,
BELFANTI, BISHOP, BUNT, BUTKOVITZ, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA,
CAWLEY, CIVERA, COLAFELLA, COSTA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DeLUCA,
DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, EACHUS, LYNCH, LUCYK, LEDERER, LAUGHLIN,
HUTCHINSON, HORSEY, HENNESSEY, HARHAI, GRUCELA, GEORGE,
GEIST, GABIG, McCALL, MELIO, MICOZZIE, ORIE, PALLONE,
PETRARCA, RAYMOND, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROONEY, RUFFING,
SAINATO, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHULER, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STEELMAN,
STERN, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRELLO, WANSACZ, WATERS,
WATSON, J. WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK,
MARCH 13, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 13, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, exempting ex-prisoners of war from paying any fees
3 for titling or registration of vehicles.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1901 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1901. Exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
9 (a) Governmental and quasi-governmental entities.--Except as
10 otherwise specifically provided in this title, no fees shall be
11 charged under this title to any of the following:
12 (1) The Commonwealth.
13 (2) Political subdivisions.
14 (3) State and local authorities.
1 (4) State-related institutions of higher learning.
2 (5) The Federal Government.
3 (6) Other states.
4 (b) Title and registration fees.--No fee shall be charged
5 for titling or registration of any of the following:
6 (1) Buses registered by urban mass transportation
7 systems.
8 (2) Vehicles registered by volunteer fire, rescue and
9 ambulance associations.
10 (3) Vehicles registered by foreign nationals with the
11 rank of vice consul or higher assigned to a consulate in this
12 Commonwealth provided that citizens of the United States are
13 granted reciprocal exemptions.
14 (4) Vehicles of totally disabled veterans whose
15 disability is certified by the service unit of the armed
16 forces in which the veterans served or by the United States
17 Veterans' Administration as service-connected.
18 (5) Vehicles on loan or transferred to a nonprofit
19 corporation by the United States Department of Defense or the
20 United States General Services Administration and used
21 exclusively for leasing to political subdivisions, State
22 agencies and the Federal Government. Such vehicles shall be
23 issued the same kind of registration plates as are issued to
24 vehicles registered by political subdivisions.
25 (6) A person who, as a member of the armed forces of the
26 United States, was captured by the enemy during World War I,
27 World War II, the Korean Emergency, the Vietnam Conflict or
28 in a future armed conflict for which the Department of
29 Defense authorizes a campaign medal.
30 (c) Processing fee in lieu of registration fee.--No
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1 registration fee shall be charged for vehicles registered by any
2 of the following but the department shall charge a fee of $10 to
3 cover the costs of processing for issuing or renewing the
4 registration:
5 (1) Hospital.
6 (2) Humane society.
7 (3) Nonprofit youth center.
8 (4) American Red Cross.
9 (5) Church.
10 (6) Girl Scouts of America.
11 (7) Boy Scouts of America.
12 (8) Salvation Army.
13 (9) Duly chartered posts of national veterans'
14 organizations.
15 (10) Young Men's Christian Association.
16 (11) Young Men's Hebrew Association.
17 (12) Young Women's Christian Association.
18 (13) Young Women's Hebrew Association.
19 (14) Jewish Community Center.
20 (15) Nonprofit corporations of musical marching groups
21 of youths.
22 (16) Any person who is retired and receiving social
23 security or other pension and whose total annual income does
24 not exceed $19,200. Unless the retired person is physically
25 or mentally incapable of driving the vehicle, the retired
26 person shall be the principal driver of the vehicle but may
27 from time to time authorize another person to drive the
28 vehicle in his or her stead.
29 (17) Any veteran who lost a limb or eye or who became
30 partially paralyzed while serving in the armed forces of the
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1 United States.
2 [(18) A person who, as a member of the armed forces of
3 the United States, was captured by the enemy during World War
4 I, World War II, the Korean Emergency, the Vietnam Conflict
5 or in a future armed conflict for which the Department of
6 Defense authorizes a campaign medal.]
7 (19) Any person who has been awarded the Congressional
8 Medal of Honor.
9 (20) Nonprofit organizations which care for or otherwise
10 provide services for the elderly or the infirm.
11 (21) Nonprofit organizations which principally serve
12 mentally or physically handicapped or disabled persons.
13 (22) Nonprofit mobile aviation museum.
14 (23) Nonprofit corporations that provide ambulance or
15 emergency medical services.
16 (d) Limitations.--
17 (1) Vehicles titled and registered under the provisions
18 of this section shall be operated and used exclusively for
19 the purpose for which the vehicles were entitled to the
20 exemptions from fees.
21 (2) Only one passenger car or truck with a registered
22 gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds may be registered
23 to any person under the provisions of subsection (b)(4) and
24 subsection (c)(16), (17)[, (18)] and (19).
25 (e) Penalty.--Any person violating the provisions of this
26 section is guilty of a summary offense.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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