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

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
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
 3      wild resource conservation plate.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Section 1352 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 8   § 1352.   Wild resource conservation plate.
 9      (a)    Standard wild resource conservation plate.--The
10   department, in consultation with the Wild Resource Conservation
11   Board, shall design a special wild resource conservation
12   registration plate. Upon application of any person, accompanied
13   by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the annual
14   registration fee, the department shall issue the plate under
15   this subsection, or the registration plate under subsection (b)
16   for a passenger car, motor home, trailer or truck with a
17   registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds. The Wild
18   Resource Conservation Fund shall receive $15 of each additional
 1   fee for [this plate.] the plate issued under this subsection or
 2   subsection (b).
 3      (b)   Special wild resource conservation plate.--In addition
 4   to the current design, the department shall provide a design not
 5   in the family of plates that depicts a saw-whet owl perched upon
 6   a pine tree branch over a yellow-white background with the words
 7   "Conserve Wild Resources" at the top of the plate, with the
 8   words "Pennsylvania" overlaying a keystone at the bottom of the
 9   plate.
10      (c)   Allowing previous design.--The department shall allow an
11   individual to use a previously valid registration plate issued
12   by the department that has been discontinued provided the design
13   is not in the family of plates and the registration plate
14   depicts a saw-whet owl perched upon a pine tree branch over a
15   yellow-white background with the words "Conserve Wild Resources"
16   at the top of the plate, with the words "Pennsylvania"
17   overlaying a keystone at the bottom of the plate provided the
18   registration plate meets the requirements of section 1332
19   (relating to display of registration plate) and the alphanumeric
20   pattern on the registration plate is available.
21      Section 2.     This act shall take effect in four months.




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