PRINTER'S NO. 3155
No. 2420 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY J. TAYLOR, WILLIAMS, MANDERINO, GEIST, BUTKOVITZ,
BELARDI, LAUGHLIN, DEMPSEY, MELIO, CURRY, BEBKO-JONES,
STEELMAN, KUKOVICH, WALKO, M. COHEN, MARKOSEK, CORRIGAN,
BAKER, RUBLEY, WOGAN, STEIL, BARD, BOSCOLA, DRUCE, BROWNE,
GIGLIOTTI, MERRY, THOMAS, L. I. COHEN, GLADECK, McGILL,
ROEBUCK, RAMOS, PISTELLA, STURLA, CAPPABIANCA, CORNELL,
TIGUE, GANNON, STETLER, ADOLPH, HANNA, HORSEY, SCRIMENTI,
BISHOP, VAN HORNE, KIRKLAND, TRICH, JAMES, ITKIN, WASHINGTON,
ROBINSON, YOUNGBLOOD, EVANS, McGEEHAN, DALEY, DONATUCCI,
KELLER, OLIVER, PETRONE, JOSEPHS, COY, PRESTON, GEORGE,
MICHLOVIC, MAYERNIK, READSHAW, TRELLO, COLAFELLA, COLAIZZO,
DeLUCA, LESCOVITZ, DERMODY, MYERS, TANGRETTI, PETRARCA,
SAINATO, TRAVAGLIO, VEON, RAYMOND, CIVERA, O'BRIEN, MICOZZIE,
FICHTER, HENNESSEY, FLICK, ROONEY, D. W. SNYDER, CORPORA,
RIEGER, GRUPPO, BUNT, ARGALL, CHADWICK AND CLYMER,
FEBRUARY 16, 1996
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 16, 1996
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for public transportation
3 supplemental assistance funding; and making an appropriation.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1310 of Title 74 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 1310. Distribution of funding.
9 * * *
10 (h) Distribution of supplemental public transportation
11 assistance funding.--
1 (1) Any amounts appropriated or otherwise paid into the
2 Public Transportation Assistance Fund and designated for
3 distribution for public transportation supplemental
4 assistance funding pursuant to this subsection shall be
5 distributed in accordance with the provisions of this
6 subsection. Funds distributed in accordance with this
7 subsection may be used for any of the purposes enumerated in
8 section 1311 without regard to any limits as to the amount or
9 percentage of funds to be utilized for specific purposes.
10 Each local transportation organization or transportation
11 company may use its base supplemental assistance share for
12 capital projects, asset maintenance or other programs
13 specified in this chapter and for general operations. Each
14 month the Treasury Department shall pay to each local
15 transportation organization or transportation company 1/12 of
16 the base supplemental assistance share of that local
17 transportation organization or transportation company. Any
18 additional funds appropriated or otherwise paid into the
19 Public Transportation Assistance Fund and designated for
20 distribution for public transportation supplemental
21 assistance funding pursuant to this subsection shall be added
22 to the funds available for distribution under this section,
23 other than this subsection, and distributed in accordance
24 with the formula otherwise specified in this section.
25 (2) As used in this subsection, the following words and
26 phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
27 paragraph:
28 "Base supplemental assistance share." The product of
29 the P.L.103-122 percentage for each local transportation
30 organization or transportation company multiplied by
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1 $54,616,000.
2 "P.L.103-122 percentage." The percentage determined
3 by dividing:
4 (i)(A) the operating assistance grant or operating
5 assistance limitation, whichever is greater, but not
6 to exceed the total apportionment of funds made
7 available to a particular local transportation
8 organization or transportation company in this
9 Commonwealth for each Class 1 transit entity, Class 2
10 transit entity and Class 3 transit entity pursuant to
11 Public Law 103-122, 107 Stat. 1199; or
12 (B) the base grants approved for each Class 4
13 transit entity pursuant to Public Law 103-122 for the
14 Federal fiscal year ending September 30, 1994; by
15 (ii) the total of such amounts for all Pennsylvania
16 local transportation organizations and transportation
17 companies pursuant to Public Law 103-122 for such fiscal
18 year, as determined by the department.
19 Section 2. The sum of $54,616,000 is hereby appropriated for
20 the fiscal year July 1, 1995, to June 30, 1996, from the General
21 Fund to the Public Transportation Assistance Fund and is hereby
22 designated for public transportation supplemental assistance
23 funding pursuant to 74 Pa.C.S. § 1310(h).
24 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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