PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1287 PRINTER'S NO. 1351
No. 1095 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, JUNE 19, 1989
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, REPORTED AS AMENDED, JUNE 26 1989
AN ACT 1 Itemizing appropriations required from the Motor License Fund 2 for the fiscal year July 1, 1989, to June 30, 1990, for the 3 proper operation of the several departments of the 4 Commonwealth and the Pennsylvania State Police authorized to 5 spend Motor License Fund moneys. 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS 8 Section 101. Appropriations. 9 PART II. MOTOR LICENSE FUND APPROPRIATIONS 10 FOR 1989-1990 11 SUBPART A. MOTOR LICENSE FUND 12 Section 201. Department of Transportation. 13 Section 202. Governor. 14 Section 203. Treasury Department. 15 Section 204. Department of Education. 16 Section 205. Department of General Services. 17 Section 206. Department of Revenue. 18 Section 207. Pennsylvania State Police.
1 SUBPART B. AVIATION RESTRICTED REVENUE ACCOUNT 2 Section 221. Department of Transportation. 3 Section 222. Treasury Department. 4 PART III. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 5 Section 301. Lapsing of unused funds. 6 Section 302. Effective date. 7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 8 hereby enacts as follows: 9 PART I 10 GENERAL PROVISIONS 11 Section 101. Appropriations.--(a) Motor License Fund.--The 12 following sums, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are 13 hereby appropriated from the Motor License Fund to the 14 hereinafter named agencies of the Commonwealth for the payment 15 of salaries, wages and other compensation and travel expenses of 16 the duly elected or appointed officers and employees of the 17 Commonwealth, for contractual services and other expenses 18 necessary for the proper conduct of the duties, functions and 19 activities for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal 20 year beginning July 1, 1989, and for the payment of bills 21 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year 22 ending June 30, 1989. 23 (b) Aviation Restricted Revenue Account.--The following 24 sums, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 25 appropriated from the Aviation Restricted Revenue Account in the 26 Motor License Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the 27 Commonwealth for the purposes set forth herein for the fiscal 28 year beginning July 1, 1989, and for the payment of bills 29 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year 30 ending June 30, 1989. 19890S1095B1351 - 2 -
1 PART II 2 MOTOR LICENSE FUND APPROPRIATIONS 3 FOR 1989-1990 4 SUBPART A 5 MOTOR LICENSE FUND 6 Section 201. Department of 7 Transportation.--The following amounts 8 are appropriated to the Department of 9 Transportation: Federal State 10 For the salaries, wages and all 11 necessary expenses for the proper 12 administration of the Department of 13 Transportation, including the State 14 Transportation Commission and the 15 State Transportation Advisory 16 Committee and the Statewide 17 coordination of municipal services. 18 State appropriation........ $23,825,000 19 For the salaries, wages and all 20 necessary expenses for the operation 21 of the Highway and Safety Improvement 22 Programs, including planning and 23 research, design, engineering, right- 24 of-way acquisition and the operation 25 of the engineering district facilities 26 and liaison services with communities 27 on local road engineering and 28 construction activities. 29 State appropriation........ 190,000,000 30 For transfer to the Highway- 19890S1095B1351 - 3 -
1 Railroad and Highway Bridge 2 Improvement Restricted Account to be 3 used as matching funds for a timber 4 bridge demonstration project. Funds 5 may be used for costs incurred in the 6 research, design and construction of 7 timber bridges on locally owned 8 highways in accordance with 9 specifications prepared or approved by 10 the Department of Transportation. 11 State appropriation........ 500,000 12 For the salaries, wages and all 13 necessary expenses for the 14 administration and operation of the 15 maintenance program for State roads, 16 bridges, tunnels and structures, 17 including the operation of the county 18 maintenance district facilities. 19 State appropriation........ 589,963,000 <-- 20 STATE APPROPRIATION........ 588,749,000 <-- 21 For supplemental maintenance 22 program payments. 23 State appropriation........ 13,663,000 <-- 24 STATE APPROPRIATION........ 14,879,000 <-- 25 For the construction of salt 26 storage facilities. 27 State appropriation........ 1,500,000 28 For reinvestment in Department of 29 Transportation Facilities. 30 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 19890S1095B1351 - 4 -
1 For rest area improvements. 2 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 3 For the salaries, wages and all 4 necessary expenses for the 5 administration of the Traffic Safety 6 Program and the administration and 7 operation of the Operator and Vehicle 8 Registration Programs. 9 State appropriation........ 50,666,000 10 For motor vehicle insurance 11 compliance. 12 State appropriation........ 409,000 13 For the commercial driver licensing 14 program. 15 State appropriation........ 2,522,000 16 For the high accident corridor 17 corrections program. 18 State appropriation........ 10,000,000 19 For rental payments to the State 20 Highway and Bridge Authority for 21 projects constructed with funds 22 borrowed by the authority. 23 State appropriation........ 18,869,000 24 For payments to municipalities to 25 assist in maintenance and construction 26 costs of roads. 27 State appropriation........ 163,949,000 28 For supplemental payments to 29 municipalities to assist in 30 maintenance and construction costs of 19890S1095B1351 - 5 -
1 roads in accordance with 75 Pa.C.S. 2 Ch. 93 (relating to supplemental 3 funding for municipal highway 4 maintenance). 5 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 6 For local bridge inspections. 7 State appropriation........ 300,000 8 Section 202. Governor.--The 9 following amounts are appropriated to 10 the Governor for Executive Offices: Federal State 11 For comptroller operations related 12 to the Motor License Fund. 13 State appropriation........ 4,510,000 14 Section 203. Treasury 15 Department.--The following amounts are 16 appropriated to the Treasury 17 Department: Federal State 18 For payment of refunds of liquid 19 fuels taxes for agricultural use to 20 which the Commonwealth is not 21 entitled. 22 State appropriation........ 4,000,000 23 For the payment of salaries, wages 24 and all necessary expenses in the 25 proper administration of the program 26 to refund liquid fuels taxes to which 27 the Commonwealth is not entitled. 28 State appropriation........ 297,000 29 For the payment of approved claims 30 for the refunding of liquid fuels 19890S1095B1351 - 6 -
1 taxes and fuel use taxes to which the 2 Commonwealth is not entitled. 3 State appropriation........ 350,000 4 For the payment of approved claims 5 for the refunding of emergency liquid 6 fuels tax moneys to which the 7 Commonwealth is not entitled. 8 State appropriation........ 1,000 9 Refunding liquid fuels tax - 10 political subdivision use. 11 State appropriation........ 2,100,000 12 Refunding liquid fuels tax - 13 volunteer fire companies, volunteer 14 ambulance services and volunteer 15 rescue squads. 16 State appropriation........ 175,000 17 Refunding liquid fuels tax - to the 18 Boat Fund for the use of the Fish 19 Commission for the improvement of the 20 waters of Pennsylvania on which 21 motorboats are permitted to operate. 22 State appropriation........ 1,500,000 23 For the payment of principal and 24 interest requirements on general 25 obligation bonds issued for 26 transportation projects. 27 State appropriation........ 165,066,000 28 For payment of principal and 29 interest requirements on general 30 obligation bonds issued for public 19890S1095B1351 - 7 -
1 improvements. 2 State appropriation........ 1,508,000 3 For interest payments on 4 obligations issued for the Advance 5 Construction Interstate Program. 6 State appropriation........ 14,769,000 7 For payment of the compensation of 8 the Commonwealth's loan and transfer 9 agent for services and expenses in 10 connection with the registration, 11 transfer and payment of interest on 12 bonds of the Commonwealth and other 13 services required to be performed by 14 the loan and transfer agent. 15 State appropriation........ 135,000 16 Section 204. Department of 17 Education.--The following amounts are 18 appropriated to the Department of 19 Education: Federal State 20 For administration of the school 21 safe driving program and for payments 22 to school districts or joint school 23 organizations for driver education 24 courses. 25 State appropriation........ 2,300,000 26 Section 205. Department of General 27 Services.--The following amounts are 28 appropriated to the Department of 29 General Services: Federal State 30 For payment of tort claims. 19890S1095B1351 - 8 -
1 State appropriation........ 26,500,000 2 For an Asbestos Response Program. 3 State appropriation........ 500,000 4 Section 206. Department of 5 Revenue.--The following amounts are 6 appropriated to the Department of 7 Revenue: Federal State 8 For the proper administration and 9 enforcement of the regulations under 10 the Liquid Fuels Tax Act, Motor 11 Carriers Road Tax Act and Bus Compact. 12 State appropriation........ 7,165,000 13 Section 207. Pennsylvania State 14 Police.--The following amounts are 15 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State 16 Police: Federal State 17 For transfer to the General Fund to 18 finance the Traffic Control and the 19 Traffic Safety Facilities Program of 20 the Pennsylvania State Police. 21 State appropriation........ 179,444,000 22 For transfer to the General Fund to 23 finance the Municipal Police Officers' 24 Education and Training Commission. 25 State appropriation........ 2,875,000 26 For transfer to the General Fund to 27 finance adequate replacement patrol 28 vehicles. 29 State appropriation........ 3,635,000 30 For the commercial driver licensing 19890S1095B1351 - 9 -
1 program. 2 State appropriation........ 1,307,000 3 SUBPART B 4 AVIATION RESTRICTED REVENUE ACCOUNT 5 Section 221. Department of 6 Transportation.--The following amounts 7 are appropriated to the Department of 8 Transportation: Federal State 9 For payment for aviation 10 operations, including the operation 11 and maintenance of State-owned 12 aircraft, payment of general expenses, 13 supplies, printing and equipment; for 14 the development and maintenance of 15 State airports and the maintenance and 16 repair of landing fields, intermediate 17 landing fields, landing field 18 equipment, beacon sites and other 19 navigation facilities; and for the 20 encouragement and development of civil 21 aeronautics. 22 State appropriation........ 10,115,000 23 For payment for airport 24 construction and development, 25 including encouragement and 26 development of aeronautics, 27 development of State airports and 28 assistance to political subdivisions 29 and municipal authorities in the 30 construction and improvement of 19890S1095B1351 - 10 -
1 airports and other aeronautical 2 facilities. 3 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 4 For payments to public airports for 5 runway rehabilitation. 6 State appropriation........ 500,000 7 For real estate tax rebate payments 8 to privately owned public use 9 airports. 10 State appropriation........ 220,000 11 For business airport grants. 12 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 13 Section 222. Treasury 14 Department.--The following amounts are 15 appropriated to the Treasury 16 Department: Federal State 17 For payment for aviation-related 18 debt service. 19 State appropriation........ 183,000 20 PART III 21 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 22 Section 301. Lapsing of unused funds.--(a) Except as 23 otherwise provided by law or in subsection (b), that part of all 24 appropriations in Part II unexpended, uncommitted or 25 unencumbered as of June 30, 1990, shall automatically lapse as 26 of that date. 27 (b) The appropriations in section 221 of Part II for airport 28 development, runway rehabilitation, business airport grants and 29 real estate tax rebate payments shall be two-year continuing 30 appropriations. 19890S1095B1351 - 11 -
1 Section 302. Effective date.--This act shall take effect 2 July 1, 1989, or immediately, whichever is later. F16L84RZ/19890S1095B1351 - 12 -