Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article III - Registration › Chapter 65 - PERMIT AGENTS › Section 65.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Agent
-A person authorized by the
						Department to issue trip permits, hunter permits and telegrams of authority
						under this chapter.
Applicant
-A person who wants to purchase
						trip permits, hunter permits or telegrams of authority.
Apportionable vehicle
-Any vehicle except
						recreational vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates, city pickup and
						delivery vehicles, buses used in transportation of chartered parties, and
						government-owned vehicles, used or intended for use in two or more member
						jurisdictions that allocate or proportionally register vehicles and is used for
						the transportation of persons for hire or designed, used or maintained
						primarily for the transportation of property:
(i) Having a gross vehicle weight in excess
					 of 26,000 pounds.
(ii) Having three
					 or more axles, regardless of weight.
(iii) If used in combination, with a gross
					 weight of such combination exceeding 26,000 pounds.
Base jurisdiction
-For purposes of fleet
						registration, the jurisdiction where the registrant has an established place of
						business, where mileage is accrued by the fleet and where operational records
						of such fleets are maintained or can be made available.
Base plate
-The registration plate issued
						by the base jurisdiction, identified by having the word "APPORTIONED" and the
						base jurisdiction's name on the plate.
Bilateral agreement
-A registration
						reciprocity agreement between the Commonwealth and another jurisdiction
						providing the payment of registration fees on the basis of fleet miles operated
						in each jurisdiction.
Bureau
-The Bureau of Motor Vehicles of
						the Department.
Cab card
-A registration card issued by
						the base jurisdiction for a vehicle of an apportioned fleet containing the make
						and VIN of the vehicle, the base plate number, the jurisdictions in which the
						vehicle is registered, registered gross weight for each jurisdiction and any
						other information deemed necessary.
Certificate of authorization
-A
						certificate issued by the Bureau authorizing an agent to distribute trip
						permits, hunter permits or temporary registration authorization.
Department
-The Department of
						Transportation of the Commonwealth.
Division
-The Commercial Registration
						Division of the Bureau.
Established place of business
-A physical
						structure owned or leased by a fleet registrant designated by a street and
						number or road location, which is open during normal business hours and in
						which are located:
(i) A telephone
					 publicly listed in the name of the fleet registrant.
(ii) A person conducting the fleet
					 registrant's business.
(iii) The
					 operational records of the fleet unless the records can be made
					 available.
Hunter permit
-A temporary vehicle
						registration permit to an owner-operator, not operating as a lessor, for the
						registered gross weight not exceeding the empty weight of the vehicle.
Jurisdiction
-A state of the United
						States, the District of Columbia or a province of Canada.
Lease
-A written document vesting
						exclusive possession and control of a vehicle owned by another under the terms
						of a lease agreement.
Lessee
-A person who has the legal
						possession and control of a vehicle owned by another under the terms of a lease
						agreement.
Lessor
-A person who, under the terms of
						a lease, grants the legal right of possession, control of, and responsibility
						for the operation of a vehicle to another person, firm or corporation.
Motor carrier
-A person engaged in the
						business of transporting goods or persons and having a fleet apportionately
						registered with the Commonwealth as the base jurisdiction.
Person
-A natural person, firm,
						partnership, association or corporation.
Reciprocity
-Exemption from further
						registration by any member jurisdiction of an apportionable vehicle properly
						registered under an agreement.
Telegram of authority
-A temporary
						registration transmitted by a wire service authorizing the operation of a
						Commonwealth based vehicle for 60 days while application for a change in fleet
						registration is being processed by the Bureau.
Trip permit
-A temporary permit issued by
						a jurisdiction in lieu of regular apportioned registration.