THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GIBBONS, BELFANTI, DENLINGER, HESS, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MANN, McILVAINE SMITH, MILLARD, PASHINSKI, ROAE, SIPTROTH AND STEVENSON, MARCH 17, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 17, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655),

entitled "An act providing a permanent allocation of a part

of the fuels and liquids fuels tax proceeds to cities,

boroughs, incorporated towns and townships, for their road,

street and bridge purposes; conferring powers and imposing

duties on local officers and the Department of Highways; and

making an appropriation out of the Motor License Fund; and

repealing existing legislation," increasing the amount of the

municipal allocation that may be used to purchase road

equipment.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 4(1) of the act of June 1, 1956 (1955

P.L.1944, No.655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal

Allocation Law, amended November 23, 2004 (P.L.944, No.138), is

amended to read:

Section 4.  The money hereby appropriated to municipalities

shall be paid to the municipalities in accordance with the

following formula and subject to the provisions of this act:

(1)  The money hereby allocated shall be paid to the cities,

boroughs, towns and townships in accordance with the following

formula:

To be expended by the authorities of the respective

municipalities (i) for the maintenance, repair, construction or

reconstruction of such public roads or streets, including

bridges, culverts and drainage structures for which they are

legally responsible and including the lining of streams

incidental to the drainage of highways, and for the maintenance,

repair, construction or reconstruction of curb ramps from a

road, street or highway to provide for access by individuals

with disabilities consistent with Federal and State law; (ii)

for the acquisition, maintenance, repair and operation of street

signs, traffic signs and traffic signal control systems; (iii)

for the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of

alleys, ways and courts for which they are legally responsible.

Where road, bridge, alley, way or court work is performed by the

political subdivision the moneys herein allocated may be used

only for labor, hiring of equipment, payrolls, purchase of

material, including repair parts necessary for the maintenance

of equipment, small tools, road drags and snow fences and, in

addition, an amount not to exceed [twenty] thirty per centum of

the total annual allocation received by each municipality, may

be used for the purchase of road machinery and road equipment;

and (iv) for the acquisition of computer-related hardware,

software and training required for the electronic processing of

information concerning the funds appropriated and allocated

under this act, including the preparation and electronic

submission of the required annual reports for payment

certification, provided that expenditures under this subclause

may not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) annually.

No municipality shall receive less than the amount allocated

to such municipality during the fiscal year ending June 30,

1969. So much as is necessary of the taxes collected on each

gallon of liquid fuel under "The Liquid Fuel Tax Act" and on

each gallon of fuel under the "Fuel Use Tax Act" is hereby

appropriated out of the Motor License Fund to municipalities of

the Commonwealth for the purpose of making any additional

payments required under the provisions hereof. Funds hereby

appropriated shall be in addition to funds appropriated under

the provisions of section 3 of this act.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.