§ 60.2. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Applicant—A person, firm or corporation in whose name an application to permanently register a fleet of vehicles is filed.
Bureau—The Bureau of Motor Vehicles of the Department.
Cancel—To terminate by formal action of the Department a registration or privilege issued or granted under this chapter. The registration or privilege will not be restored except upon submission and acceptance of a new application.
Combination—Two or more vehicles physically interconnected in tandem.
Credentials—A permanent registration card, permanent registration plate and permanent registration sticker.
Department—The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, of the Commonwealth.
Fleet—One hundred or more commercially operated vehicles owned or leased by one person, firm or corporation.
Gross weight—The combined weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles and its load excluding the driver’s weight.
Interstate operation—Vehicle movement between or through two or more jurisdictions.
Intrastate operation—Vehicle movement from one point within a jurisdiction where passengers or freight is loaded to another point within the same jurisdiction where passengers or freight is unloaded, regardless of the route traveled; that is, movement across state lines so long as vehicle ends up within the same state in which it started.
Jurisdiction—A state, territory or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; or a Province of Canada.
Registrant—A person, firm or corporation in whose name a fleet of vehicles is permanently registered.
Registration—The authority for a vehicle to operate on a highway as evidenced by the issuance of an identifying card and plate.
Registration card—A card issued by the Department to the registrant for a vehicle registered as part of a permanent fleet containing the make and vehicle identification number of the vehicle, the vehicle registration plate number, the name and address of the registrant and other necessary information required by the Department.
Registration year—The 12-month registration period for which the registration fees are calculated.
Vehicle—Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used exclusively upon rails or tracks.
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