DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Bureau of Motor Vehicles; International Registration Plan [26 Pa.B. 634] The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, under the authority contained in sections 6142 and 6145 of the Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S. §§ 6142 and 6145), is giving notice that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania continues to be a member of the International Registration Plan which provides for the proportional registration of fleet vehicles in all member jurisdictions in which they are driven.
The International Registration Plan is a registration reciprocity agreement among states of the United States and provinces of Canada providing for payment of license fees on the basis of fleet miles operated in various jurisdictions.
The unique feature of this Plan is that apportioned registration fees are paid to the various jurisdictions in which fleet vehicles are operated; however, only one registration plate and one registration card is issued for each fleet vehicle when registered under the Plan. A fleet vehicle is known as an ''apportionable vehicle'' and such vehicle, as far as registration is concerned, may be operated both interjurisdictionally and intrajurisdictionally.
By definition, an apportionable vehicle is any vehicle used or intended for use in two or more member jurisdictions that allocate or proportionally register vehicles and is used for the transportation of persons for hire or is designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, and (1) is a power unit having a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight in excess of 26,000 pounds, (2) is a power unit having three or more axles, regardless of weight or (3) is used in combination, when the weight of such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight. An apportionable vehicle does not include recreational vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates, city pick up and delivery vehicles, buses used in transportation of chartered parties, and government owned vehicles.
Vehicles or combinations having a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less and two-axle vehicles and buses used in transportation of chartered parties, may be proportionally registered at the option of the registrant.
Since June 1983, when Pennsylvania began apportioning vehicles under the International Registration Plan consistent with the notice published at 12 Pa.B. 4315 (December 18, 1982), additional states have been approved for entry into the Plan. The most recent approval is for the Canadian Province of British Columbia, which becomes an active member on January 1, 1996.
Under the International Registration Plan, which supersedes all previous registration agreements with the participating states, this Commonwealth therefore has proportional registration with the following jurisdictions:
Alabama Iowa Montana South Carolina Arizona Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Arkansas Kentucky Nevada Tennessee California Louisiana New Hampshire Texas Connecticut Maine New Mexico Utah Delaware Maryland New York Vermont Florida Massachusetts North Carolina Virginia Georgia Michigan North Dakota Washington Idaho Minnesota Ohio West Virginia Illinois Mississippi Oklahoma Wisconsin Indiana Missouri Oregon Wyoming
The Province of Alberta, Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada are also members. On January 1, 1996, the Province of British Columbia, Canada will also become an effective member of the Plan on that date.
Because of the length and expense of publishing the full text of the International Registration Plan, a copy of the Plan has not been published with this notice. Interested persons, however, may obtain a copy of the International Registration Plan from Thomas Zamboni, Manager, Commercial Registration, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, P. O. Box 68285, Harrisburg, PA 17106, (717) 787-3864. The Department may impose a fee to cover its costs in forwarding the Plan. Questions, comments or suggestions regarding the Plan may also be submitted to Thomas Zamboni.
BRADLEY L. MALLORY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-190. Filed for public inspection February 9, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
