PRINTER'S NO. 62
No. 89 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY D. R. WRIGHT, COY, HALUSKA, MILLER, PESCI, ROONEY,
STABACK, SURRA, TRELLO AND WAUGH, JANUARY 19, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 19, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655),
2 entitled "An act providing a permanent allocation of a part
3 of the fuels and liquids fuels tax proceeds to cities,
4 boroughs, incorporated towns and townships, for their road,
5 street and bridge purposes; conferring powers and imposing
6 duties on local officers and the Department of Highways; and
7 making an appropriation out of the Motor License Fund; and
8 repealing existing legislation," further providing for the
9 expenditure of liquid fuels tax revenues by municipalities.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 4(1) of the act of June 1, 1956 (1955
13 P.L.1944, No.655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal
14 Allocation Law, amended May 27, 1994 (P.L.260, No.42), is
15 amended to read:
16 Section 4. The money hereby appropriated to municipalities
17 shall be paid to the municipalities in accordance with the
18 following formula and subject to the provisions of this act:
19 (1) The money hereby allocated shall be paid to the cities,
20 boroughs, towns and townships in accordance with the following
21 formula:
1 Five-tenths of this The number of miles
2 allocation divided Multiplied in the particular
3 by the total miles By municipality.
4 of public roads and
5 streets which are
6 maintained by
7 municipalities.
8 Plus
9 Five-tenths of this The official
10 allocation divided Multiplied population of the
11 by the total official By particular
12 population of the municipality as of
13 municipalities as of January first of said
14 January first of the year.
15 year in which the
16 money is to be paid
17 to the municipalities.
18 _______________________
19 (Amount due the
20 particular municipality)
21 To be expended by the authorities of the respective
22 municipalities (i) for the maintenance, repair, construction or
23 reconstruction of such public roads or streets, including
24 bridges, culverts and drainage structures for which they are
25 legally responsible and including the lining of streams
26 incidental to the drainage of highways, and for the maintenance,
27 repair, construction or reconstruction of curb ramps from a
28 road, street or highway to provide for access by individuals
29 with disabilities consistent with Federal and State law; [and]
30 (ii) for the acquisition, maintenance, repair and operation of
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1 street signs, traffic signs and traffic signal control systems.
2 Where road or bridge work is performed by the political
3 subdivision the moneys herein allocated may be used only for
4 labor, hiring of equipment, payrolls, purchase of material,
5 including repair parts necessary for the maintenance of
6 equipment, small tools, road drags and snow fences and, in
7 addition, an amount not to exceed twenty per centum of the total
8 annual allocation received by each municipality, may be used for
9 the purchase of road machinery and road equipment[.], and (iii)
10 an amount not to exceed ten per centum of the total annual
11 allocation received by the municipality for the purchase of
12 vehicle liability insurance for road machinery and road
13 equipment.
14 No municipality shall receive less than the amount allocated
15 to such municipality during the fiscal year ending June 30,
16 1969. So much as is necessary of the taxes collected on each
17 gallon of liquid fuel under "The Liquid Fuel Tax Act" and on
18 each gallon of fuel under the "Fuel Use Tax Act" is hereby
19 appropriated out of the Motor License Fund to municipalities of
20 the Commonwealth for the purpose of making any additional
21 payments required under the provisions hereof. Funds hereby
22 appropriated shall be in addition to funds appropriated under
23 the provisions of section 3 of this act.
24 * * *
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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