PRINTER'S NO. 1018
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.951
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY D. MILLER, GIRAL, MADDEN, SANCHEZ, KENYATTA,
HOHENSTEIN, VENKAT, SMITH-WADE-EL, DELLOSO, RABB,
SCHLOSSBERG, MAYES, HADDOCK, STEELE, CURRY, CERRATO, RIVERA,
D. WILLIAMS, CIRESI, WARREN, BOROWSKI AND SAMUELSON,
MARCH 18, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, MARCH 18, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
person with disability plate and placard; in fees, further
providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles
from fees; and, in powers of department and local
authorities, further providing for specific powers of
department and local authorities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1338(c)(4) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1338. Person with disability plate and placard.
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(c) Health care provider's statement.--
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(4) The department shall phase out existing
[handicapped] accessibility placards as soon as practicable
and issue a new series to persons who comply with this
section. The department shall change all references to
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permits and designated areas to reflect the use of the terms
"accessible" and "accessibility" within materials distributed
or referred to by the department or posted on the
department's publicly accessible Internet website.
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Section 2. Section 1901(c)(21) of Title 75, amended July 15,
2024 (P.L.737, No.60), is amended to read:
§ 1901. Exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
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(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:
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(21) Nonprofit organizations which principally serve
[mentally or physically handicapped or disabled persons. ]
individuals with mental or physical disabilities.
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Section 3. Section 6109(g)(5), (h)(3) and (i)(3) of Title 75
are amended to read:
§ 6109. Specific powers of department and local authorities.
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(g) Delegation of powers in cities of the first class.--
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(5) As used in this subsection, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
paragraph:
"Administer." To provide any services or materials
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order to regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or
parking of motor vehicles in a city of the first class or
those certain stopping, standing and parking provisions
provided in sections 3351, 3353 and 3354, including, but not
limited to:
(i) The installation and maintenance of all
equipment, including parking meters, on and along
highways, streets and roadways.
(ii) The installation and maintenance of all
signage, including signage for [ handicapped] accessible
parking, residential permit parking and loading areas, on
and along highways, streets and roadways.
(iii) The operation and management of any
[handicapped] accessible parking, residential parking and
loading area permit programs.
"Enforce." The issuance of parking violation notices or
citations, the immobilization, towing and impoundment of
motor vehicles and the collection of fines, penalties, costs
and fees, including independent collection agency fees, for
violations of any ordinance or resolution enacted in order to
regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of
motor vehicles in a city of the first class and those certain
stopping, standing and parking provisions provided in this
section and sections 3351, 3353 and 3354.
(h) Delegation of powers in cities of the second class.--
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(3) As used in this subsection, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
paragraph:
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necessary to enforce any ordinance or resolution enacted in
order to regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or
parking of motor vehicles in a city of the second class or
those certain stopping, standing and parking provisions
provided in sections 3351, 3353 and 3354, including, but not
limited to:
(i) The installation and maintenance of all
equipment, including parking meters, on and along
highways, streets and roadways.
(ii) The installation and maintenance of all
signage, including signage for [ handicapped] accessible
parking, residential permit parking and loading areas, on
and along highways, streets and roadways.
(iii) The operation and management of any
[handicapped] accessible parking, residential parking and
loading area permit programs.
(iv) The adjudication of all disputed parking
violation notices or citations issued through enforcement
by the parking authority in a city of the second class.
"Enforce." The issuance of parking violation notices or
citations, the immobilization, towing and impoundment of
motor vehicles and the collection of fines, penalties and
costs, including independent collection agency fees, for
violations of any ordinance or resolution enacted in order to
regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of
motor vehicles in a city of the second class and those
certain stopping, standing and parking provisions provided in
sections 3351, 3353 and 3354.
(i) Delegation of powers in cities of the second class A and
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(3) As used in this subsection, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
paragraph:
"Administer." To provide any services or materials
necessary to enforce any ordinance or resolution enacted in
order to regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or
parking of motor vehicles in a city of the second class A or
city of the third class or those certain stopping, standing
and parking provisions provided in sections 3351, 3353 and
3354, including, but not limited to:
(i) The installation and maintenance of all
equipment, including parking meters, on and along
highways, streets and roadways.
(ii) The installation and maintenance of all
signage, including signage for [ handicapped] accessible
parking, residential permit parking and loading areas, on
and along highways, streets and roadways.
(iii) The operation and management of any
[handicapped] accessible parking, residential parking and
loading area permit programs.
(iv) The adjudication of all disputed parking
violation notices or citations issued through enforcement
by the parking authority in a city of the second class A
or city of the third class.
"Enforce." The issuance of parking violation notices or
citations, the immobilization, towing and impoundment of
motor vehicles and the collection of fines, penalties and
costs, including independent collection agency fees, for
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30 violations of any ordinance or resolution enacted in order to
regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of
motor vehicles in a city of the second class A and city of
the third class and those certain stopping, standing and
parking provisions provided in sections 3351, 3353 and 3354.
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Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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