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PA HB373
Bill
Status
1/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
Louis Schmitt
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AI Summary
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Adds "wholesale vehicle auction" as a new defined term in Pennsylvania's Vehicle Code, covering licensed businesses that provide auction services and have authority to negotiate transactions on behalf of buyers or sellers
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Expands the definition of "abandoned vehicle" to include vehicles left at wholesale vehicle auctions without consent for more than three business days
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Allows wholesale vehicle auctions to file abandoned vehicle reports, remove vehicles, and obtain branded titles for unclaimed vehicles after following prescribed procedures, then sell them at auction
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Caps storage fees at $25 per day for abandoned vehicles at wholesale auctions, with no fees allowed for the first three business days; remaining sale proceeds after costs go to the Motor License Fund
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Takes effect 120 days after enactment
Legislative Description
In general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in abandoned vehicles and cargos, further providing for reports by private property owners of abandoned vehicles.
Last Action
Referred to Judiciary
1/28/2025