PRINTER'S NO. 1510
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
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 5, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, 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:
ยง 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
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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
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.
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