Pennsylvania Act 1990-84 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND

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VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND
                  Act of Jul. 10, 1990, P.L. 370, No. 84              Cl. 75
                             Session of 1990
                               No. 1990-84

                                  AN ACT

     HB 1294

     Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
        Statutes, further providing for exemption from registration
        fees; increasing the penalty for certain parking violations
        relating to handicapped and disabled veterans' parking
        spaces; and authorizing local authorities to permit
        handicapped persons and disabled veterans to issue certain
        statements.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 1901(c) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding paragraphs to read:
      § 1901.  Exemption of entities and vehicles from fees.
        * * *
        (c)  Processing fee in lieu of registration fee.--No
     registration fee shall be charged for vehicles registered by any
     of the following but the department shall charge a fee of $10 to
     cover the costs of processing for issuing or renewing the
     registration:
            * * *
            (20)  Nonprofit organizations which care for or otherwise
        provide services for the elderly or the infirm.
            (21)  Nonprofit organizations which principally serve
        mentally or physically handicapped or disabled persons.
        * * *
        Section 2.  Section 3354(d)(3) and (f) of Title 75 are
     amended to read:
      § 3354.  Additional parking regulations.
        * * *
        (d)  Handicapped persons and disabled veterans.--
            * * *
            (3)  (i)  Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully
            bearing a handicapped or severely disabled veteran
            registration plate or displaying a handicapped or
            severely disabled veteran parking placard when such
            vehicles are being operated by or for the transportation
            of a handicapped person or a severely disabled veteran,
            no person shall park a vehicle on public or private
            property reserved for a handicapped person or severely
            disabled veteran which property has been so posted in
            accordance with departmental regulations.
                (ii)  Local authorities shall have the power and may,
            by ordinance or resolution, authorize handicapped persons
            and severely disabled veterans to issue statements to
            violators or violating vehicles for violation of
            subparagraph (i). The form of the statement shall be as
            prescribed by the local authorities.
        * * *
        (f)  Penalty.--Any person violating subsection (a), (b) or
     (d)(1) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon
     conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15. Any
     person violating subsection (d)(2) or (3) or (e) is guilty of a
     summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
     a fine of not less than [$15] $50 nor more than [$50] $200.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 10th day of July, A. D. 1990.

     ROBERT P. CASEY