PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 64 PRINTER'S NO. 459
No. 62 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. WILSON, KOLTER, IRVIS AND D. S. HAYES,
FEBRUARY 5, 1979
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 5, 1979
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania further providing for the disposition of
3 taxes on aviation fuel.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with
8 the provisions of Article XI thereof:
9 That section 11, Article VIII be amended to read:
10 § 11. Gasoline taxes and motor license fees restricted.
11 (a) All proceeds from gasoline and other motor fuel excise
12 taxes, motor vehicle registration fees and license taxes,
13 operators' license fees and other excise taxes imposed on
14 products used in motor transportation after providing therefrom
15 for (a) cost of administration and collection, (b) payment of
16 obligations incurred in the construction and reconstruction of
17 public highways and bridges shall be appropriated by the General
18 Assembly to agencies of the State or political subdivisions
1 thereof; and used solely for constriction, reconstruction,
2 maintenance and repair of and safety on public highways and
3 bridges [and air navigation facilities] and costs and expenses
4 incident thereto, and for the payment of obligations incurred
5 for such purposes, and shall not be diverted by transfer or
6 otherwise to any other purpose, except that loans may be made by
7 the State from the proceeds of such taxes and fees for single
8 period not exceeding eight months, but no such loan shall be
9 made within the period of one year from any preceding loan, and
10 every loan made in any fiscal year shall be repayable within one
11 month after the beginning of the next fiscal year.
12 (b) All proceeds from aviation fuel excise taxes, after
13 providing therefrom for the cost of administration and
14 collection, shall be appropriated by the General Assembly to
15 agencies of the State or political subdivisions thereof and used
16 solely for: the purchase, construction, reconstruction,
17 operation, and maintenance of airports and other air navigation
18 facilities; aircraft accident investigation; the operation,
19 maintenance and other costs of aircraft owned or leased by the
20 Commonwealth; any other purpose reasonably related to air
21 navigation INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE REIMBURSEMENT OF <--
22 AIRPORT PROPERTY OWNERS FOR PROPERTY TAX EXPENDITURES; and costs
23 and expenses incident thereto and for the payment of obligations
24 incurred for such purposes, and shall not be diverted by
25 transfer or otherwise to any other purpose.
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