Pennsylvania HB 1710: An Act amending the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, further providing for definitions.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2103
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1710
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GIRAL, WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, BRENNAN,
GOUGHNOUR, HADDOCK, SANCHEZ, DOUGHERTY, D. WILLIAMS AND
BELLMON, JULY 8, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 9, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests,
further providing for application for certificate of title;
in registration of vehicles, further providing for
registration and certificate of title required and for period
of registration, repealing provisions relating to temporary
registration cards and to temporary registration permits,
providing for transition from temporary registration cards,
permits and plates and further providing for transfer of
registration, for duties of agents and for issuance and
reissuance of registration plates; in financial
responsibility, further providing for required financial
responsibility; in fees, further providing for temporary and
electronically issued registration plates; in Motor Vehicle
Transaction Recovery Fund, further providing for enforcement;
in powers of department and local authorities, further
providing for proportional registration not exclusive; in
messenger service, further providing for agent duties and
responsibilities; and, in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further
providing for electric vehicle road user charge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1103.1(g.1), 1301(c.1) and 1307(b) of
Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
to read:
§ 1103.1. Application for certificate of title.
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(g.1) Verification.--In lieu of notarization of any document
required to be submitted with the application for certificate of
title, the department shall accept the verification of a
person's signature by a wholesale vehicle auction licensed by
the State Board of Vehicle Manufacturers, Dealers and
Salespersons or its employee, or an issuing agent who is
licensed as a vehicle dealer by the State Board of Vehicle
Manufacturers, Dealers and Salespersons, or its employee. The
name and identification number and the signature of the issuing
agent or wholesale vehicle auction or respective employee shall
be written in the space reserved for a notarization or
verification. If an issuing agent or wholesale vehicle auction
or respective employee falsely verifies a person's signature,
the department shall suspend the issuing agent's or wholesale
vehicle auction's authority to issue [temporary] registration
plates and cards for not less than 30 days. When verification is
used in lieu of notarization, the issuing agent or its employee
shall verify a person's identity by using at least one form of
government-issued photo identification. A copy of the form of
identification used shall be maintained by the issuing agent for
a period of three years from the date of the verification.
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§ 1301. Registration and certificate of title required.
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(c.1) Reconstructed, recovered theft, flood, modified and
specially constructed vehicles.--Only the department shall issue
a [temporary] registration plate or card, or permit the transfer
of a registration plate, in conjunction with any application for
reconstructed, recovered theft, flood, modified and specially
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constructed vehicles. Proof of financial responsibility must
accompany the application for registration prior to the issuance
of a registration plate.
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§ 1307. Period of registration.
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(b) New registration.--A new registration is effective on
the date of issuance of a registration card by the department
[or the date of issuance of a temporary registration card by an
authorized agent of the department under section 1310 (relating
to temporary registration cards)].
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Section 2. Sections 1310 and 1310.1 of Title 75 are
repealed:
[§ 1310. Temporary registration cards.
(a) General rule.--The department shall provide temporary
registration cards for use pending issuance or transfer of
permanent registration cards. Temporary registration cards and
plates may be delivered to designated agents who shall have the
authority to issue them in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the department. When determining whether to
suspend, revoke or impose a monetary penalty upon an agent, the
department may consider relevant mitigating events.
(b) Duration.--Temporary registration cards shall be valid
for such period as the department shall designate. Temporary
registration cards issued to a vehicle acquired in this
Commonwealth for transportation to another state for
registration or use in the other state shall be valid for 60
days from the date of issuance.
(c) Charges by designated agent.--A designated agent may no