PRINTER'S NO. 954
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
818
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ROTHMAN AND DILLON, JUNE 23, 2023
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 23, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
issuance and reissuance of registration plates.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1331(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and subsection (f) is amended
by adding a paragraph to read:
ยง 1331. Issuance and reissuance of registration plates.
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(d) Reflectorizing material on plate.--
(1) All registration plates, except temporary plates,
shall be treated with reflectorizing material in accordance
with standards approved by the department.
(2) Beginning on the effective date of this section, all
registration plates, except temporary plates, shall be
constructed with tempered aluminum and prismatic sheeting
with embedded security features. Registration plate sheeting
shall have an initial minimum coefficient of reflectivity of
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150 candelas per lux per square meter and an initial minimum
luminance factor greater than 55.
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(f) Periodic reissuance of registration plates.--The
department shall develop, implement and administer a program to
provide for the reissuance of current registration plates
previously issued under this section. The program to be
established under this subsection shall address the following
criteria:
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(4.1) The program shall provide that at the end of a 10-
year cycle no registration plate issued under this section
shall be older than 10 years.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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