PRINTER'S NO. 531
No. 497 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, PUNT, TOMLINSON, KASUNIC, TARTAGLIONE, THOMPSON, KITCHEN, BOSCOLA, LOGAN, COSTA, STACK, RAFFERTY, MUSTO, ORIE AND WONDERLING, MARCH 29, 2005
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 29, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for veteran plates and placard.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 1342(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 1342. Veteran plates and placard.
8 (a) Severely disabled veteran plate.--On the application of
9 a veteran whose service-connected disability is certified at
10 [100%] 75% or greater by the service unit of the armed forces in
11 which the veteran served or by the United States Veterans'
12 Administration or who has a service-connected disability of the
13 type enumerated in section 1338 (relating to person with
14 disability plate and placard), the department shall issue a
15 special registration plate designating the vehicle as belonging
16 to a severely disabled veteran. The registration plate shall
17 have a white background, shall have blue numbers or letters as
1 the department may determine, shall have the words, ["]disabled 2 veteran,["] in at least ten-point bold type, inscribed in red at 3 the bottom of the plate[,] and shall include the international 4 symbol for access for persons with disabilities. Only one 5 special registration plate shall be issued to a veteran under 6 this section. It may be used only on a passenger car or truck 7 with a registered gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds. In 8 the case of a motorcycle, the department shall issue a decal 9 containing the international symbol for access for persons with 10 disabilities and the words "disabled veteran" for display on the 11 registration plate. 12 * * * 13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A26L75DMS/20050S0497B0531 - 2 -