Pennsylvania SB 1115: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Jazz Foundation of America plate; in fees, further providing for payments to special funds; and establishing the Jazz Foundation of America Fund.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1359
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1115
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, SAVAL, MALONE, KANE, HAYWOOD, CAPPELLETTI,
COSTA AND VOGEL, DECEMBER 15, 2025
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 15, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Jazz
Foundation of America plate; in fees, further providing for
payments to special funds; and establishing the Jazz
Foundation of America Fund.
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. Jazz Foundation of America plate.
(a) Design.--The department, in consultation with the Jazz
Foundation of America, shall design a special Jazz Foundation of
America registration plate. The registration plate shall feature
the Jazz Foundation of America logo consisting of a white
saxophone, a white f-hole from a stringed instrument and a white
trombone, that overlay a black background and shall include the
phrase "Jazz Foundation of America" at the bottom.
(b) Issuance.--Upon application of any person, accompanied
by a fee of $62, which shall be in addition to the annual
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registration fee, the department shall issue the plate for a
passenger car, motor home, trailer or truck with a registered
gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds. From the fee paid
for each registration plate, $32 shall be deposited into the
Jazz Foundation of America Fund.
Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 1905. Payments to special funds.
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(e) Jazz Foundation of America Fund.--
(1) The Jazz Foundation of America Fund is established
as a separate fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of
providing grants to a nonprofit organization that provides
financial assistance and facilitates performance
opportunities for jazz and blues musicians. Grants may only
be used to support the development of jazz and blues music
within this Commonwealth.
(2) All money in the Jazz Foundation of America Fund
shall be appropriated on a continuing basis to the department
and may only be expended for the purposes under this
subsection.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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