PRINTER'S NO. 3525
No. 496 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN, CRUZ, DeLUCA,
DeWEESE, D. EVANS, FICHTER, FREEMAN, PISTELLA, THOMAS, CURRY,
GABIG, HENNESSEY, KAISER, McGEEHAN, ROEBUCK, WALKO, GEIST,
JAMES, MARKOSEK, MELIO AND STEELMAN, MARCH 27, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 27, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the General Assembly to offer the TransitChek benefit
2 program to State employees.
3 WHEREAS, The Federal tax code and the Transportation Equity
4 Act for the 21st Century allow employers to provide their
5 employees with up to $100 per month in pretax commuting
6 benefits; and
7 WHEREAS, The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
8 offers the TransitChek program, a commuter benefit program that
9 provides incentive for the use of public transportation and van
10 pools; and
11 WHEREAS, Participation in and use of the TransitChek program
12 by the Commonwealth will demonstrate the Commonwealth's
13 commitment to public transportation and encourage wider use of
14 this valuable program in public and private sectors; and
15 WHEREAS, Use of public transportation and commuter benefits
16 by the public and private sectors reduces traffic congestion on
17 highways throughout this Commonwealth; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the General
2 Assembly to offer the TransitChek benefit program to State
3 employees.
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