THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY MOUL, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, BROOKS, P. COSTA, CUTLER, EVERETT, GABLER, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GROVE, HESS, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, MILLER, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, RAPP, READSHAW, ROAE, ROCK, K. SMITH, SONNEY, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH, WHITE, GIBBONS AND GEIST, APRIL 3, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 3, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for person with disability plate

and placard.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1338 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:

§ 1338.  Person with disability plate and placard.

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(c.3)  Person with temporary emergency disability placard.--

On the initial application of any person who meets the

qualifications of subsections (a) and (c), the person shall

qualify for a temporary emergency disability placard that shall

remain valid for 30 days from the date of issuance and shall not

be renewed. The placard shall be displayed as required by

subsection (b), and the application required by the department

in subsection (a) shall be made available on demand for

inspection at all times when in use.

(c.4)  Authorization and issuance of temporary emergency

disability placard.--A member of the General Assembly or an

employee of a member of the General Assembly, in performance of

an official duty, may issue a constituent a temporary emergency

disability placard. The application required by the department

in subsection (a) shall be provided by the constituent to the

member or employee of a member of the General Assembly for

verification and duplication before issuance. Authorizations are

subject to inspection by the department and shall be retained

for a period of two years by the office of issuance.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.