PRINTER'S NO. 1831
No. 1398 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, MARCH 27, 2000
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 27, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for suspension of implementation of
3 certain taxes for highway maintenance and construction by
4 gubernatorial proclamation or executive order.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 9502.1. Suspension of tax.
10 (a) General rule.--The Governor, by proclamation or
11 executive order, may suspend implementation, in part or in
12 total, of section 9502 (relating to imposition of tax) if:
13 (1) the average wholesale price for all liquid fuels and
14 fuels, as defined in Chapter 90 (relating to liquid fuels and
15 fuels tax), has experienced a more than 10% increase within a
16 period of one month or less; and
17 (2) the Governor, in his discretion, determines that the
18 increase in average wholesale price is detrimental to the
1 health, safety and welfare of the citizens of this
2 Commonwealth.
3 (b) Proclamation or executive order.--A proclamation or
4 executive order under subsection (a) shall remain in effect for
5 up to three months and may be reissued by the Governor.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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