House Approves Expansion of Vehicle Registration Discount for Retirees, Causer Says

HARRISBURG – The state House today approved Rep. Martin Causer’s (R-Turtlepoint) legislation to increase the income eligibility limit for the state’s reduced-fee vehicle registration program for retirees. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.

“Since the income eligibility limit was last changed more than 15 years ago, many senior citizens have received modest cost-of-living increases in their Social Security income, and that has pushed them just beyond the eligibility guidelines for the program,” Causer said. “I am pleased the House passed this legislation to help those seniors who need the benefit the most, and I am hopeful the Senate will take action on it as well.”

The program, which offers vehicle registration at a discount rate of $10, is open to any person who is retired and receiving Social Security or other pension income that does not exceed $19,200 annually. Causer’s House Bill 582 would increase the income eligibility limit to $23,500, the same limit set for the state’s PACENET prescription drug assistance program.

Only one vehicle per person may be registered at the discounted rate. Additional information about the existing program is available at http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/registration/retired.shtml.