Agents are required to ensure all their employees receive PennDOT's Driver and Vehcle Services Updates. Visit www.dmv.pa.gov/Information-Centers/Business-Partner/Pages/Driver-and-Vehicle-Services-Bulletin.aspx to get the latest information.

Bulletin No. 17-28 December 2017

Reminder: Act 89 - Fee for Local Use - Participating Counties

The following counties have passed an ordinance to implement the $5 fee that affects January 2018 registration renewal notices:

• Schuylkill County - Effective January 1, 2018
• Pike County - Effective January 1, 2018

PennDOT maintains a list of participating counties on the fact sheet, "Fee for Local Use - Participating Counties," available on the Driver and Vehicle Services Web site.

Bulletin No. 17-29 December 2017

Reminder: Act 89 - Fee for Local Use - Participating Counties

The following counties have passed an ordinance to implement the $5 fee that affects December 2017 registration renewal notices:

• Union County - Effective March 1, 2018

PennDOT maintains a list of participating counties on the fact sheet, "Fee for Local Use - Participating Counties," available on the Driver and Vehicle Services Web site.

Bulletin No. 17-30 December 2017

PA Turnpike Commission - Unpaid Toll Suspensions

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is able to request PennDOT to suspend a vehicle registration for individual spassing through tolling locations without paying the appropriate fees, when a vehicle has accumulated either:

• Six or more PA toll violations, or
• PA toll violations, fees and costs exceed $500.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will inform the vehicle owner or registrant of the unpaid amounts, and provide the opportunity to pay those amounts, or to be heard in an administrative proceeding. If that effort yields no results, the Turnpike Commission can request PennDOT to suspend the registraton of the vehicle until the unpaid amounts are paid.

Where reciprocal agreements with other states are in place, the Commission may ask those states to take appropriate action on the registraton of any vehicle registered in their state when that vehicle owner or registrant owes at least the minimum in unpaid tolls in Pennsylvania. Those states may request registration suspensions for Pennsylvania vehicles owing unpaid tolls and fines in their states. All payments of tolls, fees, and restoration fees (if applicable) must be made to the Pennsylvnaia Tunpike Commission only.

Bulletin No. 18-01 January 2018

Registration Plate Reissuance

PennDOT is using staff and the existing network of agents and dealers that participate in the Online Registration and Online Messenger Programs to reissue olderPennsylvania registration plates that may be weathered, damaged, or unreadable. Among registration plates in circulation that date as far back as 1999, PennDOT will be replacing standard issue passenger plates that start with "D," "E," or "F" and truck plates that start with "Y." The plates will be replaced when a customer transfers a "D," "E," "F," or "Y," configured registration plate.

Starting January 21, 2018, no fee shall be charged for any registration plate issued as a part of the replacement program. All other fees (transfer fee, registration fee, titling fee, etc.) must be paid. Agent smay not charge the plate issuance fee; PennDOT will provide a weekly credit to agents for the cost of replaced registration plates processed in the previous week. Agents are not required to return the old registration plates to PennDOT.

Bulletin No. 18-02 January 2018

Reminder: Act 89 - Fee for Local Use - Participating Counties

The following counties have passed an ordinance to implement the $5 fee that affects April 2018 registration renewal notices:

• Erie County - Effective April 1, 2018

PennDOT maintains a list of participating counties on the fact sheet, "Fee for Local Use - Participating Counties," available on the Driver and Vehicles Services Web site.

Bulletin No. 18-03 January 2018

Senate Bill 785

Act 57 (Senate Bill 785) took effect January 29, 2018. Act 57 amends Title 75 by:

• Adding the definition of a golf card.
• Exempting from registration golf carts used for the transportation of equipment for sporting, maintenance or recreational purpose while crossing certain public highways.
• Exempting from registration golf carts being used for maintenance, resort maintenance or college, university or seminary campus maintenance, as long as the golf cart will not be operated in excess of one mile and the property on both sides of the publci roadway is owned by the golf course, resort, college, university, or seminary.
• Exempting from registration any all-terrain vehicles used as emergency vehicles and operated on the highway incidentially but not in excess of 2 miles.
• Adding Chapter 77A relating to operation of golf carts on highways, designation of golf cart crossings, liability information and age restrictions.