Regular Session 2023-2024 House Bill 1162 P.N. 1213

PRINTER'S NO. 1213

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

1162

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, BENNINGHOFF, HILL-EVANS, JAMES, HADDOCK,

STAMBAUGH, SANCHEZ, MARSHALL, McNEILL, R. MACKENZIE, SIEGEL,

CIRESI, STURLA, HOHENSTEIN AND MALAGARI, MAY 17, 2023

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 17, 2023

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled

"An act relating to the finances of the State government;

providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for

ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint

Underwriting Association, for entertainment business

financial management firms, for private dam financial

assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for

the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,

bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the

collection and recovery of fees and other money or property

due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,

the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds

and securities belonging to or in the possession of the

Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the

Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the

courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the

Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and

all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting

moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,

authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes

to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of

section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of

certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every

department, board, commission, and officer of the State

government, every political subdivision of the State, and

certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,

association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or

collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws

imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or

other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the

Commonwealth," in special funds, providing for Public Safety

and Protection Fund; and, in general budget implementation,

further providing for Motor License Fund.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Article XVII-A of the act of April 9, 1929

(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by

adding a subarticle to read:

SUBARTICLE K

PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTION FUND

Section 1795-A. Public Safety and Protection Fund.

(a) Establishment.--The Public Safety and Protection Fund is

established as a fund in the State Treasury.

(b) Sources.--The sources of the Public Safety and

Protection Fund are as follows:

(1) Appropriations.

(2) Fund transfers.

(3) Money from any other source.

(4) Return on money in the fund.

appropriated on a continuing basis and shall be used by the

Pennsylvania State Police for public protection and law

enforcement.

Section 2. Section 1798.2-E of the act is amended to read:

Section 1798.2-E. Motor License Fund.

An appropriation from the Motor License Fund to the

Pennsylvania State Police is restricted as follows:

(1) For fiscal year 2017-2018, the total amount of the

appropriation shall not exceed the total amount appropriated

for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.

(2) For fiscal year 2018-2019, the total amount of the

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appropriation shall not exceed 96% of the total amount