PRINTER'S NO. 3909
No. 2591 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY ARMSTRONG, BALDWIN, BEYER, BOYD, BUNT, COHEN,
CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO,
FAIRCHILD, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN,
GRUCELA, HARPER, HASAY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, JAMES,
KAUFFMAN, LEDERER, MAITLAND, McILHATTAN, McILHINNEY,
S. MILLER, PAYNE, PETRARCA, PYLE, RAPP, REICHLEY, SAYLOR,
SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE AND
YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 24, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 24, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for special farmland preservation
3 registration plates and for the use of a portion of the fee
4 for the plate.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 1362. Farmland preservation registration plate.
10 (a) Plate.--The department, in consultation with the Bureau
11 of Farmland Preservation, shall design a special farmland
12 preservation registration plate. Upon application of any person,
13 accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the
14 annual registration fee, the department shall issue the plate
15 for a passenger car or other vehicle with a registered gross
16 weight of not more than 9,000 pounds.
1 (b) Use of fee.--Of each fee paid under subsection (a), $15
2 shall be deposited into the Agricultural Conservation Easement
3 Purchase Fund to preserve farmland in Pennsylvania.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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