2016 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 13 - Registration of Vehicles
Section 1355.1 - Pennsylvania Hunting Heritage registration plates
(a) General rule.--The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, shall design a special Pennsylvania Hunting Heritage registration plate. The Pennsylvania Game Commission shall charge a fee for the authorization to request the registration plate. Upon request by the applicant, the department shall issue the plate for a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds or a motor home. The fee provided under section 1931(b) (relating to personal and organization registration plates) shall apply.
(b) Proceeds.--Proceeds received by the Pennsylvania Game Commission under this section are to be used as follows:
(1) Thirty-three percent shall be allocated to nonprofit organizations that coordinate the processing and distribution of donated wild game from hunters and municipal herd reduction sources to Pennsylvania residents through a distribution network of food banks in this Commonwealth.
(2) Sixty-seven percent shall be allocated as grants to nonprofit sportsmen's clubs and organizations to conduct activities that promote sport hunting, youth hunter education or the conservation and enhancement of game species in this Commonwealth for current and future generations of hunters.
(c) Limitation.--A nonprofit organization may not use funding under this section for salaries or administrative expenses.
(d) Expenditures.--Estimates of amounts to be expended under this subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the Pennsylvania Game Commission for approval by the Governor.
(July 2, 2014, P.L.988, No.109, eff. 120 days)
2014 Amendment. Act 109 added section 1355.1.
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