PRINTER'S NO. 607
No. 546 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, O'PAKE, ORIE, TARTAGLIONE, WAGNER, LOGAN,
STOUT, KUKOVICH, COSTA AND KASUNIC, MARCH 28, 2003
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 28, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for the United We Stand registration
3 plate, for a United We Stand Fund and for the distribution of
4 annual fees received from the sale of the United We Stand
5 registration plate.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
10 § 1361. United We Stand plate.
11 (a) Plate.--The department, in consultation with the Office
12 of the State Fire Commissioner, shall design a United We Stand
13 plate to honor the heroism of the passengers aboard United
14 Airlines Flight 93, to support the families of the victims who
15 died in the attacks of September 11, 2001, and to symbolize our
16 national unity by displaying the American flag as a symbol of
17 the resolve of all Pennsylvanians and all Americans to work
18 together to recover from our shared national tragedy. Upon
19 application of a person, accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall
1 be in addition to the annual registration fee, the department
2 shall issue the plate for a passenger car, motor home, trailer
3 or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 9,000
4 pounds.
5 (b) Use of fee.--Of each fee paid under subsection (a), $15
6 shall be deposited into the United We Stand Fund, which is
7 established as a special account in the Office of the State Fire
8 Commissioner. At the end of each fiscal year, the State Fire
9 Commissioner shall disburse these funds to local volunteer fire
10 departments and emergency services. Each disbursement shall be
11 in equal proportion to the amount of total funds deposited in
12 that fiscal year into the United We Stand Fund from persons
13 residing within that county. Such disbursements shall reflect,
14 as accurately as possible, an equitable apportionment of fees
15 paid into the fund by persons who reside within an area served
16 by the volunteer fire department or emergency services receiving
17 the disbursements.
18 Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
19 subsection to read:
20 § 1905. Payments to special funds.
21 * * *
22 (d) United We Stand Fund.--Fifteen dollars of each fee
23 received under section 1361 (relating to United We Stand plate)
24 shall be credited to the United We Stand Fund, established as
25 follows:
26 (1) There is hereby established a special account in the
27 Treasury Department which shall be known as the United We
28 Stand Fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide moneys to
29 assist local volunteer fire departments and emergency
30 services.
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1 (2) All moneys in the United We Stand Fund are hereby
2 annually appropriated to the Office of the State Fire
3 Commissioner and shall be expended for the purposes
4 authorized under section 1361.
5 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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