PRINTER'S NO. 2393

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1964 Session of 1981


        INTRODUCED BY COHEN, WOGAN, MAIALE, BELOFF AND RICHARDSON,
           OCTOBER 14, 1981

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 14, 1981

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, eliminating the restrictions on the use of proceeds
     3     allocated to cities of the first class.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Subsection (d) of section 9511 of Title 75, act
     7  of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the
     8  Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, added June 23, 1981 (P.L.98,
     9  No.35), is amended to read:
    10  § 9511.  Allocation of proceeds.
    11     * * *
    12     (d)  Allocation to cities of the first class.--In addition,
    13  an amount is hereby appropriated annually out of the Motor
    14  License Fund to cities of the first class equal to the
    15  difference between the increased amounts allocated to cities of
    16  the first class resulting from subsections (b) and (c) and 2% of
    17  oil company wholesale revenues from sales of gasoline delivered
    18  to retail outlets in cities of the first class, as determined by

     1  the Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue in developing the official
     2  revenue estimate for the ["]oil company franchise tax [for
     3  highway maintenance and construction."] imposed by section 9502
     4  (relating to imposition of tax). Such funds [shall] may be used
     5  [exclusively] for maintenance, construction or reconstruction of
     6  highways and bridges within cities of the first class or for any
     7  other purposes by cities of the first class.
     8     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.















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