PRINTER'S NO. 1981
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1679
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY KUTZ, ECKER, JAMES, KEEFER, PICKETT AND SMITH,
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
use of dealer registration plates; and, in inspection of
vehicles, providing for duty of department.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1336 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 1336. Use of dealer registration plates.
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(g) Duty of department.--T he department shall maintain at
least five in-person locations where a dealer may obtain dealer
registration plates in accordance with the following:
(1) The department shall designate the hours of
operation of the in-person locations required under this
subsection. Each location must be open for dealers to obtain
dealer registration plates at least two days a week for at
least three hours per day. This paragraph shall not apply to
in-person locations established by the department in excess
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of the five in-person locations required under this
subsection.
(2) The department shall determine the physical
locations of the in-person locations required under this
subsection in accordance with the following:
(i) The department shall establish the in-person
locations in different regions of this Commonwealth in a
manner that best serves the Commonwealth's dealers.
(ii) At least one office shall be located within an
existing office that provides licensing and vehicle
services in a city of the third class with a population
between 48,000 and 55,000 based on the most recent
Federal decennial census.
Section 2. Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 4734. Duty of department.
(a) Number of locations.--T he department shall maintain at
least five in-person locations where a dealer may obtain safety
and emissions inspection stickers.
(b) Hours of operation.--The department shall designate the
hours of operation of the in-person locations required under
this subsection. Each location must be open for dealers to
obtain safety and emissions inspection stickers at least two
days a week for at least three hours per day. This subsection
shall not apply to in-person locations established by the
department in excess of the five in-person locations required
under subsection (a).
(c) Locations.--The department shall determine the physical
locations of the in-person locations required under this section
in accordance with the following:
(1) The department shall establish the in-person
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locations in different regions of the Commonwealth in a
manner that best serves the Commonwealth's dealers.
(2) At least one office shall be located within an
existing office that provides licensing and vehicle services
in a city of the third class with a population between 48,000
and 55,000 based on the most recent Federal decennial census.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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