PRINTER'S NO. 274
No. 248 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY HESS, GEIST, STERN, READSHAW, ARMSTRONG, BAKER,
BALDWIN, BASTIAN, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CAWLEY, CLYMER, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON,
FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, HENNESSEY,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, HUTCHINSON, LEH, MACKERETH, MARKOSEK,
MARSICO, McILHATTAN, R. MILLER, NICKOL, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS,
REED, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER,
SHANER, B. SMITH, STABACK, STEIL, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, WALKO,
WILT, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, BOYD, MAJOR, S. MILLER, SEMMEL
AND SAINATO, FEBRUARY 8, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 8, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for legislative review of State
3 highway transfers and for allocation of proceeds from taxes
4 for highway maintenance and construction.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 9208 and 9511(b) and (g)(1) of Title 75
8 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
9 [§ 9208. Periodic review by General Assembly.
10 Every two years the transportation committees of the House of
11 Representatives and the Senate shall hold joint public hearings
12 and jointly review the performance and effectiveness of the
13 program of highway transfer established by this chapter. The
14 committees shall make a joint report to the Speaker of the House
15 of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate and
1 the House and Senate appropriations committees.]
2 § 9511. Allocation of proceeds.
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4 (b) State Highway Transfer Restoration Restricted Account.--
5 The amount of the proceeds deposited in the Motor License Fund
6 pursuant to this chapter which, in any fiscal year [1983-1984],
7 is attributable to [two] four mills of the tax imposed under
8 section 9502(a) (relating to imposition of tax) [and which, in
9 fiscal year 1984-1985 and thereafter, is attributable to three
10 mills of the tax,] shall be deposited in the State Highway
11 Transfer Restoration Restricted Account within the Motor License
12 Fund, which account is hereby created. The funds deposited in
13 the State Highway Transfer Restoration Restricted Account are
14 hereby annually appropriated out of the account upon
15 authorization by the Governor for expenditure as provided in
16 subsection (g).
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18 (g) Use of funds.--The funds appropriated in subsection (b)
19 shall be used to pay for the costs of restoration of such
20 highways as provided in Chapter 92 (relating to transfer of
21 State highways) and annual payments to the municipalities for
22 highway maintenance in accordance with the following:
23 (1) Annual maintenance payments shall be at the rate of
24 [$2,500] $3,000 per mile for each highway or portion of
25 highway transferred under Chapter 92 [(relating to transfer
26 of State highways)], section 222 of the act of June 1, 1945
27 (P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, or any
28 statute enacted in 1981.
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30 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005, or
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1 immediately, whichever is later.
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