Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 63.52 - Telegrams of authority(a)General. A collect telegraphic authorization for the operation of a vehicle whose registration process is pending will be authorized by the Commercial Registration Section upon request of a carrier, if the carrier requesting the telegram has a fleet currently apportioned in this Commonwealth, and the vehicle is subject to proportional registration and permanently registered as a part of the fleet.(b)Duties of the carrier. The application for proportional registration of the vehicle covered by the telegram shall be submitted by the carrier to the Commercial Registration Section within 5 days of the date of authorization. If the vehicle for which a telegram was requested is not placed in use by the carrier and the carrier wishes to avoid paying the registration fee, the telegram shall be returned by the carrier to the Commercial Registration Section within 5 days of the date of its issuance with an explanation as to why proportional registration fees should not be done.(c)Late application. The Department will bill a carrier for proportional registration fees based on vehicle information in the telegram if an application to proportionally register the vehicle is not mailed to the Department with all sup-porting documents within 5 days of the issuance of the telegram. Transfer credit will not be allowed unless proof is furnished that the vehicle was permanently removed prior to the operation of a replacement vehicle. The Department may suspend the proportional registration of the remainder of the fleet of the carrier for repeated violations of this subsection.(d)Effect of telegram. A telegram of authority issued by the Department is valid for 60 days. An extension of a telegram of authority may be granted if, in the judgment of the Department, the supplemental application for proportional registration was submitted and fees were paid on a timely basis but there was insufficient time to process the application and forward the credentials to the carrier.(e)Discretionary authority of Department. The Department may refuse issuance of telegrams of authority to a carrier whose account is not in good standing.The provisions of this §63.52 adopted April 29, 1983, effective 4/30/1983, 13 Pa.B. 1440; readopted May 6, 1988, effective immediately and applies retroactively to April 30, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 2130; amended January 15, 1993, effective 1/16/1993, 23 Pa.B. 278; amended June 2, 2006, effective 6/3/2006, 36 Pa.B. 2684.The provisions of this §63.52 amended under the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 6103 and 7501-7506.