Pennsylvania Administrative Code

§ 51.45. Fees for additional dealer plates. The fee for each set of two additional snowmobile dealer plates is $5. The fee for each additional ATV dealer plate is $10.

SAFETY TRAINING § 51.51. Safety training. Safety training required by section 7725 of the Vehicle Code (relating to operation by persons under age sixteen) shall meet the following requirements: (1) Training shall be conducted by instructors or organizations that have been approv…

§ 51.54. Safety certificates. (a) The instructor or organization that conducted the training in accordance with § 51.51 (relating to safety training) shall submit to the Department the name, address and date of birth of each student who successfully completed the training. (b) Th…

§ 51.63. Accident reports. A written report of an accident required by section 7728 of the Vehicle Code (relating to accidents and accident reports) shall contain the following information: (1) The registration number, make, model and year of each vehicle involved. (2) The date, …

§ 51.82. Barricades for snowmobile or ATV roads. Streets and highways posted as exclusive snowmobile or ATV roads under section 7722 of the Vehicle Code (relating to designation of snowmobile and ATV roads) shall be barricaded in the following manner: (1) At the beginning of the …

§ 51.83. Posting signs for snowmobile or ATV roads. (a) A street or highway which has been posted as a snowmobile or ATV road allowing both snowmobiles or ATVs and other vehicular traffic under section 7722 of the Vehicle Code (relating to designation of snowmobile and ATV roads)…

§ 51.91. Snowmobile sound level requirements. (a) It is unlawful to operate a snowmobile that produces a sound intensity exceeding 78 decibels at 50 feet on the A scale as measured in accordance with SAE Recommended Practice J-192a. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), it is…

§ 51.92. ATV sound level requirements. It is unlawful to operate an ATV in this Commonwealth that produces a sound level in excess of 99 dbA, or decibels, when measured at 20 inches in accordance with American National Standards Institute/Society of Automotive Engineers Recommend…

§ 51.93. Helmet requirements. No person may operate a snowmobile or ATV without a securely fastened helmet on the head of each individual who operates or is a passenger on a snowmobile or ATV. The helmet shall meet the standards and specifications as established by the Department…

§ 53.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: ATV—An all-terrain vehicle as defined in section 7706(e) of the Vehicle Code (relating to restricted accounts). ATV Manageme…

§ 53.2. Authority. This chapter is adopted under section 7706(b.1) of the Vehicle Code (relating to restricted accounts) and applies to municipalities, for-profit organizations and nonprofit organizations seeking grants under this chapter.

§ 53.3. Application procedure. (a) Grant applicants may apply for grants under this chapter by submitting an application through the Department’s online grant portal on the Department’s web site. (b) By completing, signing and submitting a grant application to the Department, the…

§ 53.4. Grant selection process and criteria. (a) Following the closing date of each grant round, the Department will consider properly filed applications for approval and award. (b) If the Department determines that an application is incomplete and that additional information is…

§ 53.5. Funding levels. Grants under this chapter may cover part or all of the cost of an eligible project.

OPEN PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS § 61.1. Policy objectives. (a) The Open Project Selection Process (OPSP) has been designed in accordance with National Parks Service (NPS) requirements in Chapter 660.4 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Grants Manual, available from the…

§ 61.10. Special conditions. (a) Amendments. Amendments to approved grant projects for time extensions, minor scope or grant fund revisions, and the recouping of administrative reimbursement are not subject to the Open Project Selection Process (OPSP) review system. In those case…

§ 61.2. Division of LWCF apportionment among State agencies. (a) The initial step in the open project selection process begins with the allocation of the Commonwealth’s annual Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Program apportionment among the following State agencies respons…

FUNDING REQUEST RATING CRITERIA § 61.21. General recreation needs. (a) Points: 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. (b) The funding request will be evaluated on how it meets the general recreation needs of a neighborhood, community or region. Factors that will be analyzed include: (1) Consistency o…

§ 61.22. Special recreation needs. (a) Points: 0, 1, 3, 5, 7. (b) The funding request will be evaluated on how it meets special recreation needs of a neighborhood, community or region. The primary factor to be analyzed will be how the project meets the recreation needs of special…

§ 61.23. Community conservation. (a) Points: 0, 1, 4, 7. (b) The funding request will be evaluated on how it will contribute to the community conservation efforts within a neighborhood, community or region. Greater value will be placed on those projects that protect unique natura…

§ 61.24. Community economic revitalization. (a) Points: 0, 1, 4, 7. (b) The funding request will be evaluated on how it contributes to the enhancement or stimulation of comprehensive economic revitalization efforts of a neighborhood, community or region. Factors to be analyzed wi…

§ 61.25. Socio-economic criterion. (a) Points: 1, 3, 5. (b) The per capita income and population density of the applicant will be determined by the Department on the basis of published Statewide statistics. An applicant having a lower per capita income and higher population densi…

§ 61.26. Administrative capability. (a) Points: 0, 1, 3, 5. (b) The capability of an applicant to efficiently complete a project and then to adequately maintain and program its park and recreation system will be analyzed on a below average (1 point), average (3 points) or above a…

§ 61.27. Intergovernmental cooperation. (a) Points: 0, 1, 2, 3. (b) A funding request which involves a formally documented intergovernmental cooperative effort to provide park and recreation facilities and programs will receive 1 to 3 points, depending on the level of the coopera…

§ 61.28. Private support to project. (a) Points: 0, 1, 2, 3. (b) A funding request which includes a firm written commitment of private financial support to the project will receive 1 to 3 points depending on the level of the commitment in accordance with the following parameters:…

§ 61.29. Zero rating. If information and documentation provided for a criterion is determined to be nonapplicable, incorrect or inadequate, a zero rating may be assigned to that criterion.

§ 61.3. Department allocation—funding plan/conditions. (a) Funding plan. (1) When the Department’s overall Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) allocation is established, a budget is developed for both the regional and central offices. A central office reservation of up to 20%…

§ 61.4. Program announcement/open application period. Local government requests for Land and Water Conservation Fund Program funds are solicited during an open application period that is annually announced by the Department. The announcement is published in the Pennsylvania Bulle…

§ 61.5. Regional office review, rating and ranking of funding requests. (a) Local government requests for grant funding received during the established open application period are preliminarily reviewed in the regional offices for completeness and eligibility. The Department may …

§ 61.6. Regional office selection of candidates for funding. (a) Regional offices select candidates for funding from their final ranking tabulation, selecting those projects with the highest point score in each category of project—development/rehabilitation and acquisition. The n…

§ 61.7. Central office selection of candidates for funding. Using the final rankings and point score tabulations compiled by the regional offices, the central office makes selections of candidates for funding from the requests that were not selected in the regional offices. The s…

§ 61.8. Substitute selections. (a) The central office may also select projects as substitute candidates for funding to take the place of selected candidates that elect to drop their funding reservation before final grant approval is received from the National Park Service (NPS), …

§ 61.9. Notification of OPSP selection decisions. An applicant will be notified in writing of the Department’s final Open Project Selection Process decisions. Selected and substitute candidates are notified of the grant funds reserved for their projects, and are provided instruct…

§ 1.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this part, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Code—Title 15 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (relating to corporations and unincorporated associations). Corporation …

§ 1.2. Scope. This part applies only to the activities of the Department conducted through the Corporation Bureau. Source The provisions of this § 1.2 adopted June 22, 1973, effective June 23, 1973, 3 Pa.B. 1164; amended April 17, 1992, effective April 18, 1992, 22 Pa.B. 1993. Im…

§ 1.3. Official forms. The official forms referred to in this part are listed in Appendix A in numerical order. Source The provisions of this § 1.3 adopted April 17, 1992, effective April 18, 1992, 22 Pa.B. 1993. Cross References This section cited in 19 Pa. Code § 13.3 (relating…

§ 1.4. Searches and information. See § 13.31 (relating to searches and information; telephone inquiries). Source The provisions of this § 1.4 adopted April 17, 1992, effective April 18, 1992, 22 Pa.B. 1993.

§ 11.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this subpart, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Banking Code—The Banking Code of 1965 (7 P.S. § § 101—2201). BCL—Title 15 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § § 1101…

§ 11.10. Docketing statements. (a) The Department is authorized by section 134 of the code (relating to docketing statement) to prescribe by regulation one or more official docketing statement forms designed to elicit from a person effecting a filing under the code and related le…

§ 11.101. Official form. The following official form has been promulgated under this chapter and appears in Appendix A: Form DSCB: 15-138 (Statement of Correction). Source The provisions of this § 11.101 adopted April 17, 1992, effective April 18, 1992, 22 Pa.B. 1993.

§ 11.11. Requirements to be met by filed documents. (a) Section 135 of the code (relating to requirements to be met by filed documents) provides that a document shall be accepted for filing by the Department if it satisfies the following requirements: (1) The document purports on…

§ 11.12. Processing of documents by Department. (a) A document deposited with the Department will be marked with a receipt date. (b) A document marked with a receipt date will be examined by the Department to determine if it conforms with the requirements of § 11.11 (relating to …

§ 11.13. Immediate certified copy. (a) If a duplicate copy, which may be either a signed or conformed copy, of articles or other document authorized or required by the code or related legislation to be filed in the Department is delivered to the Department with the original signe…

§ 11.14. Effective date of documents. (a) Except as otherwise provided in the code and related legislation with respect to the inclusion in a document of a statement of a delayed effective date, section 136(c) of the code (relating to processing of documents by Department of Stat…

§ 11.15. Disposition of filed documents. The Department may make a copy, on microfilm or otherwise, of a document filed in, with or by it under the code or related legislation, or a statute thereby supplied or repealed, and under section 136(d) of the code (relating to processing…

§ 11.16. Summary judicial review of rejection of documents not involving examination of mark or insignia. (a) Whenever the Department rejects a document, other than a document relating to a mark or insignia requiring examination under 54 Pa.C.S. (relating to names), delivered for…

§ 11.17. Judicial review of rejection of documents involving examination of mark or insignia. Section 137(c)(2) of the code (relating to court to pass upon rejection of documents by Department of State) provides that a determination by the Department with respect to the registrab…