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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1430 | PRINTER'S NO. 4224 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MOUL, BENNINGHOFF, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, EVERETT, FLECK, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MILLARD, MURT, PHILLIPS, PYLE, RAPP, ROCK, ROHRER, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, VULAKOVICH, YOUNGBLOOD AND GEIST, APRIL 3, 2009 |
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| AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, further regulating antique, classic and collectible |
3 | plates. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 1340(a) 1340 of Title 75 of the | <-- |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 1340. Antique, classic and collectible plates. |
9 | (a) General rule.--Upon submission by a vehicle owner of |
10 | information satisfactory to the department that a motorcycle or |
11 | motor vehicle is an antique motorcycle or motor vehicle or |
12 | classic motorcycle or motor vehicle or collectible motorcycle or |
13 | motor vehicle, accompanied by the appropriate fee, the |
14 | department may issue special plates for the motorcycle or |
15 | vehicle. The special plate for antique motor vehicles, except |
16 | antique motorcycles, shall bear the designation "antique |
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1 | vehicle." The applicant shall provide photographic proof in a |
2 | manner specified by the department to demonstrate the condition |
3 | of the motor vehicle. No annual registration fee may be charged |
4 | for antique, collectible or classic motorcycles or motor |
5 | vehicles. A holder of the special plates may obtain replacement |
6 | plates bearing the designation "antique vehicle" upon payment of |
7 | the appropriate fee. The applicant may provide for the | <-- |
8 | department's approval vintage Pennsylvania plates from the year |
9 | listed on the vehicle's certificate of title for antique or |
10 | classic vehicles. The department may charge an additional fee of |
11 | $20 to verify and authorize use of the vintage plates in lieu of |
12 | department-issued plates. |
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14 | (a.1) Vintage registration plates.--In lieu of a special | <-- |
15 | plate issued under subsection (a), the owner of an antique or |
16 | classic motor vehicle may request permission from the department |
17 | to display a vintage registration plate from the model year of |
18 | the motor vehicle. The vintage registration plate shall be: |
19 | (1) Provided by the motor vehicle owner. |
20 | (2) A Pennsylvania registration plate issued in or |
21 | before 1976. |
22 | (3) Legible from a reasonable distance. |
23 | The applicant shall provide information as the department may |
24 | require for processing the request and a $20 application fee. |
25 | The department may deny a request to use a vintage registration |
26 | plate for cause. |
27 | (b) Use of plates.--It is unlawful for any person to operate |
28 | a motorcycle or vehicle with antique, classic, vintage or |
29 | collectible registration plates for general daily |
30 | transportation. Permitted use shall be limited to participation |
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1 | in club activities, exhibits, tours, parades, occasional |
2 | transportation and similar uses. Occasional transportation shall |
3 | mean no more than one day per week. |
4 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 120 days. | <-- |
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