Pennsylvania HB 1517: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for vendor-designed registration plates.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1773
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1517
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MULLINS, DELOZIER, JAMES, HILL-EVANS, FLEMING,
GIRAL, CERRATO, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, DONAHUE, SCHLEGEL
AND GREEN, MAY 29, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 29, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for vendor-
designed registration plates.
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:
§ 1341.2. Vendor-designed registration plates.
(a) Duties of department.--The department shall:
(1) Enter into a contract with a private vendor for the
marketing and sale of vendor-designed registration plates
within 12 months of the effective date of this section. The
department shall select a private vendor according to the
provisions of 62 Pa.C.S. (relating to procurement).
(2) Only select a private vendor who is able to fulfill
the requirements of this section.
(3) Develop policies and procedures for the
implementation of this section.
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(b) Contract requirements.--A contract entered into with a
private vendor under subsection (a) shall be for an initial term
of not less than five years and be renewable by the same private
vendor for not less than two successive five-year terms. The
contract shall require the private vendor to:
(1) Market and sell the vendor-designed registration
plates on the private vendor's publicly accessible Internet
website.
(2) Process the purchase and issuance of vendor-designed
registration plates hosted on the private vendor's publicly
accessible Internet website and pay any associated costs and
fees.
(3) Permit a vendor-designed registration plate that is
purchased from the private vendor's publicly accessible
Internet website to be personalized.
(4) Provide to the department, at least monthly,
periodic accounts that accurately detail all material
transactions, including information reasonably required by
the department to support fees that are collected by the
private vendor, and regularly remit all money payable to the
department under the contract.
(5) Establish an electronic infrastructure coordinated
and compatible with the department's systems, by which motor
vehicle owners may electronically send and receive
applications, other documents or required payments, and that,
when secure access is necessary, can be electronically
validated by the department.
(6) Establish the amounts to be received by the
department from the fees imposed under subsection (d) as
negotiated with and agreed upon by the department.
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(7) Comply with the provisions of section 1331(a), (b)
and (d) (relating to issuance and reissuance of registration
plates).
(8) Manufacture the vendor-designed registration plates
in accordance with current department practices.
(9) Provide for a minimum revenue guarantee within the
first five years of the contract. The guarantee shall be
negotiated between the department and the private vendor.
(10) Comply with any other requirement established by
the department, subject to the contract limitations in
subsection (c).
(c) Contract limitations.--The department may not
unreasonably do any of the following:
(1) Disapprove or limit an aspect of a private vendor's
marketing and sales plan.
(2) Interfere with the selection, assignment or
management by the private vendor of the private vendor's
employees, agents or subcontractors.
(3) Restrict the ability of the private vendor to offer
a variety of plate designs with personalized and
nonpersonalized alphanumeric patterns.
(4) Disapprove or limit the ability of the private
vendor to offer vender-designed registration plate renewal
terms of more than one year.
(5) Disapprove or limit the ability of the private
vendor to offer symbols on a vendor-designed registration
plate that are not part of the registration plate's
alphanumeric pattern.
(d) Fees.--The department, in consultation with the private
vendor, shall establish fees for the issuance and renewal of
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vendor-designed registration plates that are marketed and sold
by the private vendor.
(e) Restricted account.--The Pennsylvania State Police
Traffic Safety Enhancement Restricted Account is established in
the Motor License Fund. The department shall be reimbursed
actual costs incurred in the implementation of this section from
fees generated under this section. The remainder of fees
collected under this section shall be deposited into the
Pennsylvania State Police Traffic Safety Enhancement Restricted
Account solely for the purchase of equipment and supplies by the
Pennsylvania State Police for enfo