Pennsylvania HB 1736: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for wild resource conservation plate.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2138
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1736
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SCHLEGEL, ROWE, GILLEN, KUZMA, STENDER AND KHAN,
JULY 14, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 16, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
wild resource conservation plate.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1352 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1352. Wild resource conservation plate.
(a) Standard wild resource conservation plate.--The
department, in consultation with the Wild Resource Conservation
Board, shall design a special wild resource conservation
registration plate. Upon application of any person, accompanied
by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the annual
registration fee, the department shall issue the plate under
this subsection, or the registration plate under subsection (b)
for a passenger car, motor home, trailer or truck with a
registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds. The Wild
Resource Conservation Fund shall receive $15 of each additional
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fee for [this plate.] the plate issued under this subsection or
subsection (b).
(b) Special wild resource conservation plate.--In addition
to the current design, the department shall provide a design not
in the family of plates that depicts a saw-whet owl perched upon
a pine tree branch over a yellow-white background with the words
"Conserve Wild Resources" at the top of the plate, with the
words "Pennsylvania" overlaying a keystone at the bottom of the
plate.
(c) Allowing previous design.--The department shall allow an
individual to use a previously valid registration plate issued
by the department that has been discontinued provided the design
is not in the family of plates and the registration plate
depicts a saw-whet owl perched upon a pine tree branch over a
yellow-white background with the words "Conserve Wild Resources"
at the top of the plate, with the words "Pennsylvania"
overlaying a keystone at the bottom of the plate provided the
registration plate meets the requirements of section 1332
(relating to display of registration plate) and the alphanumeric
pattern on the registration plate is available.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in four months.
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