PRINTER'S NO. 1552
No. 1377 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY ITKIN, MURPHY AND MICHLOVIC, MAY 5, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 5, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 21, 1931 (P.L.149, No.105), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act imposing a State tax, payable by those
3 herein defined as distributors, on liquid fuels used or sold
4 and delivered within the Commonwealth, which are practically,
5 and commercially suitable for use in internal combustion
6 engines for the generation of power; providing for the
7 collection and lien of the tax, and the distribution and use
8 of the proceeds thereof; requiring such distributors to
9 secure permits, to file corporate surety bonds and reports,
10 and to retain certain records; imposing duties on retail
11 dealers, common carriers, county commissioners, and such
12 distributors; providing for rewards; imposing certain costs
13 on counties; conferring powers and imposing duties on certain
14 State officers and departments; providing for refunds;
15 imposing penalties; and making an appropriation," increasing
16 the liquid fuels tax and diesel fuel tax and providing for
17 disposition of additional revenue.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. Section 4, act of May 21, 1931 (P.L.149, No.105),
21 known as "The Liquid Fuels Tax Act," amended December 19, 1975
22 (P.L.556, No.156), is amended to read:
23 Section 4. Imposition of Tax; Exemptions and Deductions.--A
24 permanent State tax of [eight] nine cents a gallon, or
25 fractional part thereof, is hereby imposed and assessed upon all
1 liquid fuels used or sold and delivered by distributors within
2 this Commonwealth, excepting liquid fuels delivered to the
3 United States Government on presentation of a duly authorized
4 United States Government exemption certificate or other evidence
5 satisfactory to the department, and such liquid fuels used or
6 sold and delivered as are not within the taxing power of this
7 Commonwealth under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution of
8 the United States and excepting liquid fuels used as fuel in
9 aircraft or aircraft engines and excepting liquid fuels
10 delivered to the Commonwealth, every political subdivision, any
11 volunteer fire company, any volunteer ambulance service, any
12 volunteer rescue squad, any second class county port authority
13 and nonpublic schools not operated for profit on presentation of
14 evidence satisfactory to the department. The tax herein imposed
15 and assessed shall be collected by and paid to the Commonwealth
16 but once in respect to any liquid fuels.
17 In lieu of the foregoing taxes, a permanent State tax of one
18 and one-half cents a gallon, or fractional part thereof, is
19 hereby imposed and assessed upon all liquid fuels used or sold
20 and delivered by distributors within this Commonwealth for use
21 as fuel in propeller-driven piston engine aircraft or aircraft
22 engines, and, except as hereinafter provided, one and one-half
23 cents a gallon, or fractional part thereof, upon all liquid
24 fuels used or sold and delivered by distributors within this
25 Commonwealth for use as fuel in turbine propeller jet, turbo-
26 jet, or jet driven aircraft and aircraft engines. Beginning
27 January 1, 1960, and thereafter, a State tax of one cent a
28 gallon, or fractional part thereof, is hereby imposed and
29 assessed upon all liquid fuels used or sold and delivered by
30 distributors within this Commonwealth for use as fuel in turbine
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1 propeller jet, turbo-jet, or jet driven aircraft and aircraft
2 engines.
3 In addition to the foregoing taxes there is hereby imposed an
4 additional tax of two cents a gallon, or fractional part
5 thereof, upon all diesel fuel used or sold and delivered by
6 distributors within this Commonwealth.
7 Distributors shall be liable to the Commonwealth for the
8 collection and payment of the tax imposed by this act. The tax
9 imposed by this act shall be collected by the distributor at the
10 time the liquid fuels are used or sold and delivered by the
11 distributor and shall be borne by the consumer.
12 The department shall allow such handling and storage losses
13 of liquid fuels as are substantiated to its satisfaction.
14 Section 2. All additional revenues raised from this
15 amendatory act shall be designated in a Critical Highway and
16 Bridge Construction Fund. This fund shall be used exclusively
17 for highway and bridge projects for which a specific
18 authorization and appropriation shall be provided by law. As
19 much as twenty-five percent of the revenue raised may be
20 appropriated by the General Assembly for municipal
21 transportation projects.
22 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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