HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1510
PRINTER'S NO. 1786
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
916
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, LAUGHLIN, VOGEL, CULVER, DUSH,
J. WARD, COSTA, BROWN AND MILLER, APRIL 5, 2024
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 26, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR
LOST, STOLEN, DAMAGED OR ILLEGIBLE REGISTRATION PLATE AND FOR
USE OF FARM VEHICLE PLATES, providing for Pennsylvania
Sportsman plate and establishing the Youth Hunting and
Fishing Restricted Account.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
SECTION 1. SECTIONS 1333(B.1) AND 1344(A)(3) OF TITLE 75 OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES ARE AMENDED TO READ:
§ 1333. LOST, STOLEN, DAMAGED OR ILLEGIBLE REGISTRATION PLATE.
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(B.1) ILLEGIBLE REGISTRATION PLATE.--
(1) THE DEPARTMENT MAY REISSUE A REGISTRATION PLATE UPON
REQUEST BY A REGISTRANT WHEN IT IS DETERMINED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT THAT THE REGISTRATION PLATE IS ILLEGIBLE FROM A
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REASONABLE DISTANCE. THE DEPARTMENT MAY SELECT THE STYLE OF
THE REISSUED REGISTRATION PLATE AND, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF
PERSONAL REGISTRATION PLATES ISSUED UNDER SECTION 1341
(RELATING TO SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES), THE REGISTRATION
PLATE NUMBER.
(2) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (1):
(I) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL AT NO COST TO THE
REGISTRANT REISSUE THE STYLE OF THE REGISTRATION PLATE
UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (II) UPON REQUEST BY A REGISTRANT WHEN
IT IS DETERMINED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THE REGISTRATION PLATE
IS ILLEGIBLE FROM A REASONABLE DISTANCE.
(II) SUBPARAGRAPH (I) SHALL APPLY TO PLATES ISSUED
UNDER:
(A) SECTION 1342 (RELATING TO VETERAN PLATES AND
PLACARD).
(B) SECTION 1345 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
RECIPIENTS OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR).
(C) SECTION 1346 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
RECIPIENTS OF PURPLE HEART).
(D) SECTION 1348 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS).
(E) SECTION 1350 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
VETERANS OF KOREAN WAR).
(F) SECTION 1350.1 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR RECIPIENTS OF KOREAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL).
(G) SECTION 1351 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
VETERANS OF PERSIAN GULF WAR).
(H) SECTION 1356 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
RECIPIENTS OF EXPEDITIONARY FORCES MEDAL).
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(I) SECTION 1357 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
WORLD WAR II VETERANS).
(J) SECTION 1357.1 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES
MERCHANT MARINE).
(K) SECTION 1360 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
VETERANS OF VIETNAM CONFLICT).
(L) SECTION 1361 (RELATING TO SPECIAL MOTORCYCLE
PLATES RELATED TO VETERANS).
(M) SECTION 1362 (RELATING TO OPERATION IRAQI
FREEDOM VETERANS PLATE).
(N) SECTION 1363 (RELATING TO OPERATION ENDURING
FREEDOM VETERANS PLATE).
(O) SECTION 1363.1 (RELATING TO AFGHANISTAN AND
IRAQ VETERANS PLATE).
(P) SECTION 1364 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
VETERANS).
(Q) SECTION 1364.1 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES).
(R) SECTION 1365 (RELATING TO GOLD STAR FAMILY
PLATE).
(S) SECTION 1366 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
RECIPIENTS OF SILVER STAR).
(T) SECTION 1366.1 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR UNITED STATES MILITARY AIRBORNE UNITS).
(U) SECTION 1366.2 (RELATING TO BLUE STAR FAMILY
PLATE).
(V) SECTION 1366.3 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR RECIPIENTS OF AIR MEDAL).
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(W) SECTION 1367 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
RECIPIENTS OF BRONZE STAR).
(X) SECTION 1368 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES FOR
RECIPIENTS OF BRONZE STAR FOR VALOR).
(Y) SECTION 1368.1 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR RECIPIENTS OF SOLDIER'S MEDAL).
(Z) SECTION 1368.2 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR RECIPIENTS OF PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE BADGE).
(AA) SECTION 1368.3 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR RECIPIENTS OF LEGION OF MERIT).
(BB) SECTION 1369 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR RECIPIENTS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS,
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, NAVY CROSS OR AIR FORCE
CROSS).
(CC) SECTION 1369.1 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR RECIPIENTS OF COMBAT ACTION BADGE, COMBAT
INFANTRYMAN BADGE, COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, COMBAT
ACTION MEDAL OR COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE).
(DD) SECTION 1369.3 (RELATING TO SPECIAL PLATES
FOR VETERANS OF AN ALLY FOREIGN COUNTRY).
(EE) ANY SPECIAL PLATES HONORING MILITARY
SERVICE AUTHORIZED BY LAW THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
THIS PARAGRAPH. THE SECRETARY SHALL TRANSMIT NOTICE
OF ANY PLATES UNDER THIS CLAUSE TO THE LEGISLATIVE
REFERENCE BUREAU FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NEXT
AVAILABLE ISSUE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN.
(III) A REGISTRATION PLATE UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (II),
REISSUED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I), THAT IS ALSO A PERSONAL
REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL BE REISSUED AT NO COST TO THE
REGISTRANT WITH THE SAME REGISTRATION PLATE NUMBER UNLESS
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WAIVED IN WRITING BY THE REGISTRANT.
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§ 1344. USE OF FARM VEHICLE PLATES.
(A) GENERAL RULE.--A TRUCK OR TRUCK TRACTOR BEARING FARM
VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY UPON A
FARM OR FARMS OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE REGISTRANT OF THE VEHICLE
OR UPON HIGHWAYS BETWEEN:
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(3) SUCH A FARM OR FARMS AND A PLACE OF BUSINESS OR
PLACE OF RESIDENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUYING OR SELLING
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES OR SUPPLIES[.], REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED BY THE REGISTRANT OF THE
VEHICLE OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE REGISTRANT OF THE VEHICLE.
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SECTION 2. TITLE 75 IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ:
§ 1355.2. Pennsylvania Sportsman plate.
(a) Design.- - No later than 60 days after the effective date
of this section, the department, in consultation with the
Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
Commission, shall design a special Pennsylvania Sportsman
registration plate.
(b) Application.--Upon application by any person and payment
of a $40 fee, which shall be in addition to the registration
fee, the department shall issue a Pennsylvania Sportsman
registration plate to the person.
(c) Limitation on gross weight.--The special registration
plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a
registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds.
(d) Youth Hunting and Fishing Restricted Account.--
(1) The Youth Hunting and Fishing Restricted Account is
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established in the State Treasury. The money in the
restricted account is appropriated on a continuing basis to
the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Fish and
Boat Commission as provided under this subsection.
(2) The sum of $14 of each fee collected under
subsection (b) shall be deposited in the Youth Hunting and
Fishing Restricted Account.
(3) The money in the Youth Hunting and Fishing
Restricted Account shall be allocated as follows:
(i) Fifty percent of the money in the restricted
account shall be allocated to the Pennsylvania Game
Commission for the purpose of conducting activities that
promote youth hunter education.
(ii) Fifty percent of the money in the restricted
account shall be allocated to the Pennsylvania Fish and
Boat Commission for the purpose of conducting activities
that promote youth fishing education.
(4) The Pennsylvania Game Commission and the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission may not use money
allocated to them under this subsection for salaries or
administrative expenses.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
SECTION 3. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
(1) THE AMENDMENT OF THE FOLLOWING SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN
60 DAYS:
(I) 75 PA.C.S. § 1333(B.1).
(II) 75 PA.C.S. § 1344(A)(3).
(2) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY.
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