An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Fish PA plate.

PRINTER'S NO. 2449
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1940
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BASHLINE, COOK, TWARDZIK, SHAFFER, RADER,
ANDERSON, FLICK, K.HARRIS, KHAN AND ROWE, OCTOBER 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, OCTOBER 16, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Fish PA
plate.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1355.3. Fish PA plate.
(a) Design.--
(1) No later than 60 days after the effective date of
this section, the department, in consultation with the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, shall offer a public
design contest to school entity and nonpublic school students
in kindergarten through fifth grade in this Commonwealth for
a period of 60 days after the initial offering of the design
contest. The purpose of the design contest shall be to
solicit entries for a special Fish PA registration plate.
(2) The department, in consultation with the
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Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, shall design a special
Fish PA registration plate that:
(i) is based on the winning entry in the design
contest under paragraph (1);
(ii) includes the phrase "Fish PA"; and
(iii) features the depiction of a brook trout.
(b) Application.--Upon application by any person and payment
of a $43 fee, which shall be in addition to the registration
fee, the department shall issue a Fish PA registration plate to
the person.
(c) Limitation on gross weight.--The special registration
plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a
registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds.
(d) Fee allocation to Fish Fund.--
(1) The amount of $14 of each fee collected under
subsection (b) shall be deposited into the Fish Fund
established under 30 Pa.C.S. § 521 (relating to establishment
and use of Fish Fund).
(2) The money deposited under paragraph (1) shall be
used by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for the
Trout in the Classroom Program or a successor program.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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