PRINTER'S NO. 3382
No. 2307 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY EVERETT, BAKER, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, CAUSER,
COHEN, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALEY, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEIST,
GEORGE, GILLESPIE, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS,
HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, KULA, LONGIETTI,
MILLARD, R. MILLER, MOYER, MUSTIO, MYERS, NAILOR, NICKOL,
O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, ROAE,
ROHRER, ROSS, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH,
STERN, R. STEVENSON, SURRA, SWANGER, WALKO AND J. WHITE,
MARCH 10, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 10, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655),
2 entitled "An act providing a permanent allocation of a part
3 of the fuels and liquids fuels tax proceeds to cities,
4 boroughs, incorporated towns and townships, for their road,
5 street and bridge purposes; conferring powers and imposing
6 duties on local officers and the Department of Highways; and
7 making an appropriation out of the Motor License Fund; and
8 repealing existing legislation," further providing for
9 permissible expenditures.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 2 of the act of June 1, 1956 (1955
13 P.L.1944, No.655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal
14 Allocation Law, is amended by adding a clause to read:
15 Section 2. As used in this act--
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17 (8) "Municipal facilities relating to public safety" means
18 any way or paved section adjacent to a garage or building that
1 is used by public emergency vehicles, including, but not limited
2 to, fire apparatus, ambulances, police vehicles, snow plows,
3 graders and like vehicles.
4 Section 2. Section 4(1) of the act, amended November 23,
5 2004 (P.L.944, No.138), is amended to read:
6 Section 4. The money hereby appropriated to municipalities
7 shall be paid to the municipalities in accordance with the
8 following formula and subject to the provisions of this act:
9 (1) The money hereby allocated shall be paid to the cities,
10 boroughs, towns and townships in accordance with the following
11 formula:
12 Five-tenths of this The number of miles
13 allocation divided Multiplied in the particular
14 by the total miles By municipality.
15 of public roads and
16 streets which are
17 maintained by
18 municipalities.
19 Plus
20 Five-tenths of this The official
21 allocation divided Multiplied population of the
22 by the total official By particular
23 population of the municipality as of
24 municipalities as of January first of said
25 January first of the year.
26 year in which the
27 money is to be paid
28 to the municipalities.
29 .......................
30 (Amount due the
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1 particular municipality)
2 To be expended by the authorities of the respective
3 municipalities (i) for the maintenance, repair, construction or
4 reconstruction of or snow or ice removal from such public roads
5 or streets, including bridges, culverts and drainage structures
6 for which they are legally responsible, including snow or ice
7 removal at municipal facilities relating to public safety and
8 including the lining of streams incidental to the drainage of
9 highways, and for the maintenance, repair, construction or
10 reconstruction of curb ramps from a road, street or highway to
11 provide for access by individuals with disabilities consistent
12 with Federal and State law; (ii) for the acquisition,
13 maintenance, repair and operation of street signs, traffic signs
14 and traffic signal control systems; (iii) for the maintenance,
15 repair, construction or reconstruction of alleys, ways and
16 courts for which they are legally responsible. Where road,
17 bridge, alley, way or court work is performed by the political
18 subdivision the moneys herein allocated may be used only for
19 labor, hiring of equipment, payrolls, purchase of material,
20 including repair parts necessary for the maintenance of
21 equipment, small tools, road drags and snow fences and, in
22 addition, an amount not to exceed twenty per centum of the total
23 annual allocation received by each municipality, may be used for
24 the purchase of road machinery and road equipment; and (iv) for
25 the acquisition of computer-related hardware, software and
26 training required for the electronic processing of information
27 concerning the funds appropriated and allocated under this act,
28 including the preparation and electronic submission of the
29 required annual reports for payment certification, provided that
30 expenditures under this subclause may not exceed one thousand
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1 dollars ($1,000) annually.
2 No municipality shall receive less than the amount allocated
3 to such municipality during the fiscal year ending June 30,
4 1969. So much as is necessary of the taxes collected on each
5 gallon of liquid fuel under "The Liquid Fuel Tax Act" and on
6 each gallon of fuel under the "Fuel Use Tax Act" is hereby
7 appropriated out of the Motor License Fund to municipalities of
8 the Commonwealth for the purpose of making any additional
9 payments required under the provisions hereof. Funds hereby
10 appropriated shall be in addition to funds appropriated under
11 the provisions of section 3 of this act.
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13 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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