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Issuance and reissuance of registration plates - 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1331

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                               SUBCHAPTER B
                           REGISTRATION PLATES

     Sec.
     1331.  Issuance and reissuance of registration plates.
     1332.  Display of registration plate.
     1333.  Lost, stolen, damaged or illegible registration plate.
     1334.  Return of registration plate.
     1334.1. Seizure of registration plate.
     1335.  Registration plates for manufacturers and dealers.
     1336.  Use of dealer registration plates.
     1336.1. Use of multipurpose dealer registration plates.
     1336.2. Farm equipment dealer registration plates.
     1337.  Use of "Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Business"
            registration plates.
     1337.1. Fleet owner transporter registration plate.
     1338.  Person with disability plate and placard.
     1339.  Legislative plate.
     1340.  Antique, classic and collectible plates.
     1340.1. Street rod plate.
     1341.  Special registration plates generally.
     1342.  Veteran plates and placard.
     1343.  Use of school bus or school vehicle plates.
     1344.  Use of farm vehicle plates.
     1344.1. Use of farm equipment dealer registration plates.
     1345.  Special plates for recipients of the Medal of Honor.
     1346.  Special plates for recipients of Purple Heart.
     1347.  Hearing impaired plates.
     1348.  Special plates for Pearl Harbor survivors.
     1349.  Circus or carnival plates.
     1350.  Special plates for veterans of Korean War.
     1350.1. Special plates for recipients of Korean Defense
            Service Medal.
     1351.  Special plates for veterans of Persian Gulf War.
     1352.  Wild resource conservation plate.
     1353.  Preserve our heritage registration plate.
     1354.  Flagship Niagara commemorative registration plate.
     1355.  Zoological plate.
     1356.  Special plates for recipients of Expeditionary Forces
            Medal.
     1357.  Special plates for World War II veterans.
     1358.  DARE plate.
     1359.  Special plates for steelworkers.
     1360.  Special plates for veterans of Vietnam Conflict.
     1361.  Special motorcycle plates for veterans.
     1362.  Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans plate.
     1363.  Operation Enduring Freedom veterans plate.
     1364.  Special plates for veterans.
     1365.  Gold Star Family plate.
     § 1331.  Issuance and reissuance of registration plates.
        (a)  Department to provide plates.--Registration plates shall
     be provided by the department.
        (b)  Information on plate.--Every registration plate shall
     have displayed upon it the identifying numbers or letters
     assigned to the vehicle, the name of the Commonwealth, which may
     be abbreviated, and any other data the department may deem
     necessary.
        (c)  Temporary registration plates.--The department shall
     provide temporary registration plates for use on vehicles which
     are to be removed from this Commonwealth or for use as necessary
     pending issuance of permanent registration plates.
        (d)  Reflectorizing material on plate.--All registration
     plates, except temporary plates, shall be treated with
     reflectorizing material in accordance with standards approved by
     the department.
        (e)  Issuance of plates by agents.--The department may
     deliver registration plates, other than special plates, to
     designated agents, who shall have the authority to issue them in
     conjunction with the issuance of temporary registration cards.
        (f)  Periodic reissuance of registration plates.--The
     department shall develop, implement and administer a program to
     provide for the reissuance of all current registration plates
     previously issued under this section. The program to be
     established under this subsection shall address all of the
     following criteria:
            (1)  Other than the annual registration fee required
        under sections 1305 (relating to application for
        registration) and 1309 (relating to renewal of registration)
        and Subchapter B of Chapter 19 (relating to registration
        fees), the reissued registration plate shall be issued under
        section 1934 (relating to general reissuance).
            (2)  The program shall provide that all current
        registration plates issued under this section be replaced.
        The program may provide that the department provide for
        reissuance of registration plates on a staggered basis which
        will replace all registration plates issued under this
        section.
            (3)  The program may provide for the return of and the
        recycling of the older registration plates.
            (4)  The program shall provide that at the end of a ten-
        year cycle no registration plate issued under this section be
        older than ten years.
            (5)  The program shall require annual reports to the
        Transportation Committee of the Senate and the Transportation
        Committee of the House of Representatives on the issue of
        registration avoidance.
            (6)  The program may contain any other conditions,
        limitations, contractual arrangements or other factors which
        the department deems necessary to implement this subsection.
     (Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1126, No.151)

        1998 Amendment.  Act 151 amended the section heading and
     added subsec. (f), effective in 60 days as to the section
     heading and July 1, 1999, as to subsec. (f).

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