PRINTER'S NO. 2461
No. 1896 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WOJNAROSKI, TRAVAGLIO, SHANER, SOLOBAY, WALKO,
READSHAW, FAIRCHILD, HERMAN, CAPPELLI, GEIST, TIGUE, STABACK,
WILT, BELFANTI, MAHER, McGILL, COLAFELLA, HARHAI, TANGRETTI,
RAYMOND, C. WILLIAMS, J. EVANS, FICHTER, R. MILLER, LAUGHLIN,
YUDICHAK, YOUNGBLOOD, WASHINGTON, JAMES, McILHATTAN,
HENNESSEY, TRICH, J. WILLIAMS, GRUCELA, TRELLO, STEELMAN,
RUBLEY, BELARDI, WATSON, DeWEESE, CORRIGAN, M. COHEN, BEBKO-
JONES, BROWNE, FRANKEL, ROEBUCK, PALLONE, MANDERINO, MELIO,
BASTIAN, MARKOSEK, RUFFING, DeLUCA AND ROBERTS,
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for person with disability plate
3 and placard.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1338(a) and (d) of Title 75 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 1338. Person with disability plate and placard.
9 (a) Person with disability plate.--On the application of any
10 person who:
11 (1) is blind;
12 (2) does not have full use of an arm or both arms;
13 (3) cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest;
14 (4) cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from,
1 a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device,
2 wheelchair or other assistive device;
3 (5) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that
4 the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one
5 second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter
6 or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room
7 air at rest;
8 (6) uses portable oxygen;
9 (7) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the
10 person's functional limitations are classified in severity as
11 Class III or Class IV according to the standards set by the
12 American Heart Association;
13 (8) is severely limited in his or her ability to walk
14 due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition;
15 [or]
16 (9) is a person in loco parentis of a person specified
17 in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8); or
18 (10) is a spouse or child or other relative who shall
19 attest to being a primary provider of care of a person
20 specified in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or
21 (8);
22 the department shall issue a special registration plate for one
23 passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not
24 more than 9,000 pounds, designating the vehicle so licensed as
25 being used by a person with a disability. Special plates for
26 persons with disabilities may also be issued for vehicles
27 operated exclusively for the use and benefit of persons with
28 disabilities, even if the vehicle in question is registered
29 under another person's name. In the case of a motorcycle, the
30 department shall issue a decal containing the international
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1 symbol for access for persons with disabilities for display on
2 the registration plate.
3 * * *
4 (d) Penalty.--Any person violating this section commits a
5 summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
6 a fine of not more than [$100] $200.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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