Messenger Services [30 Pa.B. 6958] The Department of Transportation (Department), acting through its Office of Driver and Vehicle Program Services, intends to expand its existing program of decentralized online vehicle titling and registration services to permit additional applications of interested and qualified service providers. During this open-ended period, the Department will accept letters of interest from potential providers to perform online vehicle transactions for wholesale (intermediate) customers at no cost to the Department.
The authority for this expanded program can be found in Act 166 of 1992 (P. L. 166, No. 1250)(found in the Appendix to the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S., at pages 15 and 16). The Department's ability to expand its decentralized online vehicle titling and registration services program is limited by the availability of Departmental resources. Initially, on January 17, 2001, the Department will select up to one letter of interest received from a qualified applicant no later than 4 p.m. January 12, 2001. Other qualified applicants will be placed on a list according to the date their letter of interest is received by the Department. Additional qualified applicants will be selected according to the date of receipt of the application to participate in the program as permitted by available Department resources.
To be eligible for participation in this program, an applicant at the time of application must have continuous motor vehicle business experience for at least 6 months. The Department will not consider any applicant previously sanctioned by the Department for any violation of statute or regulation within that 6-month period.
Interested service providers may obtain a copy of the letter of interest procedures and program requirements by contracting the Program Administrator for Decentralized Services at the address and phone number listed at the end of this notice. Completed letters of interest shall be mailed to the same address: Driver and vehicle Program Services, Attn: Program Administrator-Partnering Division, 1101 South Front Street, 4th Floor, Riverfront Office Center, Harrisburg, PA 17104, (717) 787-0489.
BRADLEY L. MALLORY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-2282. Filed for public inspection December 29, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]
