Pennsylvania Act 2024-149 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - INSPECTION OF MOTORCYCLES AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE ROAD USER CHARGE

Act text

Session of 2024

No. 2024-149

HB 2177

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for inspection of motorcycles; and, in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further providing for electric vehicle road user charge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 4708 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 4708. Inspection of motorcycles.

[An annual system of inspections in accordance with section 4702 (relating to requirement for periodic inspection of vehicles) shall be established for motorcycles according to the following schedule:

(1) Motorcycles whose registrations expire in the months of January and July shall be inspected in the months of May, June or July.

(2) Motorcycles whose registrations expire in the months of February and August shall be inspected in the months of June, July or August.

(3) Motorcycles whose registrations expire in the months of March and September shall be inspected in the months of July, August or September.

(4) Motorcycles whose registrations expire in the months of April and October shall be inspected in the months of August, September or October.

(5) Motorcycles whose registrations expire in the months of May and November shall be inspected in the months of March, April or May.

(6) Motorcycles whose registrations expire in the months of June and December shall be inspected in the months of April, May or June.] A motorcycle shall be inspected annually and shall receive a safety inspection sticker valid for one year from the expiration of the safety inspection sticker which is about to expire. A safety inspection sticker for a motorcycle may not be issued for more than 15 months from the month of inspection. If a motorcycle does not display a currently valid certificate of inspection, the motorcycle shall receive a safety inspection sticker valid for one year from the month of inspection.

Section 2. Section 9024 of Title 75 is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 9024. Electric vehicle road user charge.

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(q) Applicability.--This section shall apply as follows:

(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), this section shall apply on and after April 1, 2025.

(2) Subsection (d)(1)(ii) shall apply on and after July 17, 2026.

Section 3. This act shall take effect as follows:

(1) The following shall take effect immediately:

(i) The addition of 75 Pa.C.S. § 9024(q).

(ii) This section.

(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 18th day of November, A.D. 2024.

JOSH SHAPIRO