PRINTER'S NO. 77
No. 67 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, CESSAR, OLASZ, GEIST, LAUGHLIN,
COLAIZZO, VAN HORNE, GANNON, GODSHALL, NICKOL, TIGUE, CARN,
TRELLO AND PESCI, JANUARY 27, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JANUARY 27, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
3 government; providing for the settlement, assessment,
4 collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
5 due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
6 other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,
7 or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
8 proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
9 disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
10 possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
11 against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
12 appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
13 the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
14 and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
15 moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
16 and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
17 authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
18 to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
19 section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
20 Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
21 certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
22 department, board, commission, and officer of the State
23 government, every political subdivision of the State, and
24 certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
25 association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
26 collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
27 imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
28 other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
29 every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
30 Commonwealth," providing that moneys in the Motor License
31 Fund shall not be appropriated for the Pennsylvania State
32 Police.
33 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. Clause 11 of section 302 of the act of April 9,
3 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, amended June
4 1, 1931 (P.L.318, No.143), is amended to read:
5 Section 302. Funds.--* * *
6 11. Motor License Fund.--All moneys received by the Treasury
7 Department from the Department of Revenue arising from title
8 registration and license fees, fines, penalties, bail forfeited,
9 and other miscellaneous receipts, collected or recovered under
10 the motor laws; from the collection of any portion of the Liquid
11 Fuels Tax, not directed by law to be returned to the counties;
12 from contributions by the Federal Government and political
13 subdivisions of this Commonwealth for the improvement,
14 maintenance, and rebuilding of highways within this
15 Commonwealth; from the sale of highway bulletins and maps; from
16 the sale by the Department of Property and Supplies of
17 unserviceable State property originally paid for out of the
18 Motor License Fund; from fees for permits authorizing work on
19 State or township highways and restoration charges, license fees
20 for occupancy of bridges, restoration charges and payments on
21 agreements to which the Commonwealth has succeeded upon taking
22 over county bridges; from amounts received from utility
23 companies covering the cost of constructing facilities over or
24 rentals for the use of bridges; from forfeited checks, fees for
25 certifying records of the Department of Highways, amounts
26 recovered for damage to or loss of equipment of said department,
27 rentals for equipment of said department, liquidated damages on
28 highway contracts; and from tolls collected on intrastate toll
29 bridges, acquired by the Commonwealth, and paid for out of the
30 Motor License Fund,--shall be credited to the Motor License
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1 Fund. No moneys in the Motor License Fund shall be appropriated
2 for the Pennsylvania State Police.
3 * * *
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1993.
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