Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article III - Registration › Chapter 63 - PROPORTIONAL REGISTRATION OF FLEET VEHICLES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 63.4 - 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-lessor
-One who furnishes
						  facilities and service including sales, warehousing, motorized equipment and
						  drivers under contract or other arrangement to a carrier for transportation of
						  property by a household goods carrier.
Applicant
-A person, firm or
						  corporation in whose name an application to apportion the registrations of a
						  fleet of vehicles is filed.
Apportionable fee
-A periodically
						  recurring fee required for licensing or registering vehicles, such as, but not
						  limited to, registration fees, license or weight fees.
Apportionable vehicle
-A 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 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.
Auxiliary axle
-An auxiliary under
						  carriage assembly with a fifth wheel and tow bar used to convert a semi-trailer
						  to a full trailer.
Base jurisdiction
-For the purpose 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 the fleet 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 other
						  information deemed necessary.
Carrier
-An individual, partnership or
						  corporation engaged in the business of transporting goods or persons.
Chartered party
-A group of persons
						  who-under a common purpose and under a single contract, and at a fixed charge
						  for the vehicle in accordance with the carrier's tariff, lawfully on file with
						  the Interstate Commerce Commission-have acquired the exclusive use of a
						  passenger-carrying motor vehicle to travel together as a group to a specified
						  destination or for a particular itinerary, either agreed upon in advance or
						  modified by the chartered group after having left the place of origin.
Commercial Registration Section
-The
						  Commercial Registration Section of the Bureau.
Credentials
-A cab card and apportioned
						  plate issued for a vehicle registered by a jurisdiction which is a party to an
						  agreement.
Department
-The Department of
						  Transportation of the Commonwealth.
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.
Fleet
-One or more apportionable
						  vehicles.
Household goods
-
(i) Personal effects and property used or to
						be used in a dwelling when a part of the equipment or supply of such
						dwelling.
(ii) Furniture; fixtures;
						equipment; and the property of stores, offices, museums, institutions,
						hospitals or other establishments, when a part of the stock, equipment or
						supply of such stores, offices, museums, institutions, hospitals or other
						establishments.
(iii) Articles
						including objects of art, displays and exhibits which because of their unusual
						nature or value require the specialized handling and equipment usually employed
						in moving household goods.
Hunter permit
-A temporary vehicle
						  registration permit issued to an owner-operator, not operating as a lessor, for
						  a registered gross weight not exceeding the empty weight of the vehicle.
I.V.M.R.
-Individual vehicle mileage
						  record.
In-jurisdiction miles
-The total number
						  of miles operated by a fleet of proportionally registered vehicles in a
						  jurisdiction during the preceding year. Mileage of Commonwealth registered
						  vehicles accrued in jurisdictions which are not member jurisdictions shall be
						  counted as in-jurisdiction miles operated in this Commonwealth.
International Registration Plan
-A
						  registration reciprocity agreement among the signatory states of the United
						  States and provinces of Canada providing for the payment of registration fees
						  on the basis of fleet miles operated in each jurisdiction, which agreement is
						  the product of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, 1201
						  Connecticut Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20036, and is generally
						  administered by that association.
Interstate operations
-Vehicle movement
						  between or through two or more jurisdictions.
Intrastate operations
-Vehicle movement
						  from one point within a jurisdiction where passengers or freight are loaded to
						  another point within the same jurisdiction, where passengers or freight are
						  unloaded regardless of the route travelled.
Jurisdiction
-A state, territory or
						  possession 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.
Lessor
-A person, firm or corporation
						  which under the terms of a lease, grants the legal right of possession and
						  control of a vehicle to another person, firm or corporation-the lessee.
Long-term lease
-A lease having a term
						  of 30 days or more.
Member jurisdiction
-A jurisdiction
						  which has signed an agreement with the Commonwealth or a jurisdiction which is
						  a party to the International Registration Plan.
Negotiable title
-A title issued by a
						  jurisdiction which documents ownership of a vehicle and can be used to transfer
						  ownership.
Operational records
-Documents
						  supporting in-jurisdiction miles traveled in each jurisdiction and total miles
						  traveled, such as fuel reports, trip sheets and logs.
Owner-operator
-An equipment lessor who
						  leases his vehicular equipment with driver to a carrier pursuant to Interstate
						  Commerce Commission regulations,
						  49 CFR
						  1057 or similar regulations of a
						  jurisdiction's regulatory body.
Power unit
-A vehicle which is self
						  propelled by power other than muscular power.
Preceding year
-The 12-month period
						  after June 30 of one year and before July 1 of the following year, which
						  immediately precedes the registration or license year for which proportional
						  registration is sought.
Reciprocity
-Exemption from further
						  registration by any member jurisdiction of an apportionable vehicle registered
						  under an agreement.
Recreational vehicle
-An apportionable
						  vehicle designed or converted and used exclusively for personal pleasure or
						  travel by an individual or the individual's family.
Registrant
-A person, firm, or
						  corporation in whose name a vehicle is registered.
Registration year
-The 12-month period
						  during which the registration plates issued by the base jurisdiction are valid
						  according to the laws of the base jurisdiction.
Restricted plate
-A registration plate
						  which is restricted as to time-less than a full registration year, geographic
						  area, mileage or commodities or persons which may be hauled-Example-Farm truck
						  plate, Dealer Plate.
Service representative
-An
						  agent-lessor.
Short term lease
-A lease having a term
						  of less than 30 days.
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.
Temporary authorization certificate
-A
						  temporary registration 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.
Total miles
-The total number of miles
						  operated by a fleet of proportionally registered vehicles in all jurisdictions
						  during the preceding year.
Tractor
-A motor vehicle designed and
						  used primarily for drawing other vehicles but not so constructed as to carry a
						  load other than a part of the weight of the vehicles and load so drawn.
Trip permit
-A temporary permit issued
						  by a jurisdiction in lieu of regular apportioned registration.
Truck tractor
-A motor vehicle designed
						  and used primarily for drawing other vehicles but so constructed as to carry a
						  load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so
						  drawn.
The provisions of this §
														63.4 amended under the Vehicle
							 Code,
							 75 Pa.C.S. §§
															6103 and
							 7501-7506.