Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 1366.2 - Blue Star family plate(a)General rule.--Upon application of a family member of a person who is an active duty service member in the military, including a reserve component or National Guard, accompanied by a fee of $23 which shall be in addition to the registration fee and by such documentation as the department shall require, the department shall issue to the family member a special registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a family member of a person serving on active duty in the military, including a reserve component or National Guard. The department shall design and produce the special registration plate carrying the Blue Star which signifies that a family member is an active duty service member, including a reserve component or National Guard. The words "Blue Star Family" shall be clearly displayed along the bottom of the plate. 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.(b)Documentation required.--An applicant for a Blue Star Family plate shall certify on a form approved by the department that the applicant is a family member of a person who is an active duty service member in the military, including a reserve component or National Guard.(c)Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to require: (1) A person issued a Blue Star Family plate to return the plate to the department if a family member no longer serves on active duty in the military, including a reserve component or National Guard.(2) The department to periodically verify that a person issued a Blue Star Family plate has a family member serving on active duty in the military, including a reserve component or National Guard, after the initial issuance of the plate.(d)Definition.--As used in this section, the term "family member" includes the following: (5) Mother through adoption.(6) Father through adoption.(7) Foster mother in loco parentis.(8) Foster father in loco parentis.(14) Daughter by adoption.Added by P.L. TBD 2022 No. 112, § 6, eff. 3/3/2023.