Pennsylvania Act 2012-158 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - SPECIAL PLATES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE AND SPECIAL PLATES FOR UNITED STATES MILITARY AIRBORNE UNITS

Act text

Session of 2012

No. 2012-158

HB 1830

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for special plates for individuals in the service of the United States Merchant Marine and for a special registration plate for veterans and members of United States military airborne units.

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 sections to read:

§ 1357.1. Special plates for individuals in the service of the United States Merchant Marine.

Upon application of any person who was in the service of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the department shall require, the department shall issue to the person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who was in the service of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II. 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.

§ 1366.1 . Special plates for United States military airborne units.

(a) General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne unit, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the department shall require, the department shall issue to the person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who is a veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne unit. The special registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 pounds. The department shall design and produce the special registration plate to display a set of jump wings and glider wings.

(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne unit" includes parachutist or glider units, glider troopers, paratroopers, air assault troopers, Rangers, U.S. Army Special Forces, USMC Recon, U.S. Navy Seals, U.S. Air Force Special Operations, Troop Carrier Command, including glider pilots and the 160th SOAR, military personnel who satisfactorily completed the prescribed proficiency tests while assigned or attached to an airborne unit and any other military personnel determined by the department to be appropriately classified as a member of a United States military airborne parachutist or glider unit.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 180 days.

APPROVED--The 24th day of October, A.D. 2012.

TOM CORBETT