HOUSE AMENDED
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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 897 PRINTER'S NO. 1022
No. 823 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY CIANFRANI, JUNE 16, 1975
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JULY 1, 1975
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of (P.L. , No. ), entitled "An
2 act to provide for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative
3 and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt
4 and for the public schools for the fiscal period July 1, 1975
5 to June 30, 1976, and for the payment of bills incurred and
6 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
7 June 30, 1975," itemizing appropriations required from the
8 Motor License Fund for the proper operation of the several
9 departments of the Commonwealth authorized to spend Motor
10 License Fund moneys.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. This supplement shall be known and may be cited
14 as the "Motor License Fund Supplement to the General
15 Appropriation Act of 1975."
16 Section 2. The following sums or as much thereof as may be
17 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the Motor
18 License Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the
19 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages and other
20 compensation and travel expenses of the duly elected or
21 appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for
1 contractual services and other expenses necessary for the proper
2 conduct of the duties, functions and activities for the purposes
3 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period beginning July 1,
4 1975 and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
5 at the close of the fiscal period ending June 30, 1975.
6 To the Department of Transportation
7 For the salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
8 penses for the proper administration of the
9 Department of Transportation, including planning and
10 research, engineering, right-of-way, highway con-
11 struction, special projects and services, highway
12 maintenance, service functions and transportation
13 safety........................................... $330,781,000
14 For payment from the restricted revenue ac-
15 counts for aviation fuel taxes and airport op-
16 erations revenue, for aviation operations includ-
17 ing the operation and maintenance of State-owned
18 aircraft, payment of general expenses, supplies,
19 printing and equipment; for the development and
20 maintenance of State airports and the maintenance
21 and repair of landing fields, intermediate landing
22 fields, landing field equipment, beacon sites,
23 other navigation facilities, and the encouragement
24 and development of civil aeronautics............. 3,852,000
25 For rental payments to the State Highway and
26 Bridge Authority for projects constructed with
27 funds borrowed by the Authority.................. 35,000,000
28 For payments to municipalities to assist in
29 maintenance and construction costs of roads in
30 accordance with the act of June 1, 1956 (P.L.
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1 1944, No.655), relative to the allocation of
2 highway funds.................................... 94,400,000
3 For payment from the restricted revenue ac-
4 count for aviation fuel taxes for airport con-
5 struction and development including encouragement
6 and development of aeronautics, development of
7 State airports, assistance to political subdivisions
8 and municipal authorities in the construction and
9 improvement of airports and other aeronautical
10 facilities....................................... 1,550,000
11 No more shall be expended from this item for
12 such purpose or any of them than may be required
13 to match an equal sum contributed by any political
14 subdivision, or municipality authority of the
15 Commonwealth or by the Federal Government, or by
16 a political subdivision or municipality authority
17 and the Federal Government as provided in the act
18 of May 2, 1947 (P.L.136, No.56), relating to
19 Federal aid for airports.
20 To the Treasury Department
21 For the payment of replacement checks issued in
22 lieu of outstanding checks when presented and to
23 adjust errors.................................... 50,000
24 For payment of the compensation of the Common-
25 wealth's Loan and Transfer Agent for services and
26 expenses in connection with the registration,
27 transfer and payment of interest on bonds of the
28 Commonwealth and other services required to be
29 performed by the Loan and Transfer Agent......... 75,000
30 For the payment of approved claims for the re-
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1 funding of moneys collected through the Department
2 of Transportation to which the Commonwealth is not
3 entitled......................................... 650,000
4 For payment of refunds of liquid fuels taxes
5 for agricultural use to which the Commonwealth
6 is not entitled.................................. 5,000,000
7 For the payment of approved claims for the re-
8 funding of liquid fuels taxes and fuel use taxes
9 to which the Commonwealth is not entitled........ 5,000,000
10 For the payment of salaries, wages and all nec-
11 essary expenses in the proper administration of
12 the program to refund liquid fuels taxes for agri-
13 cultural use to which the Commonwealth is not
14 entitled......................................... 157,000
15 For the payment of approved claims for the
16 refunding of emergency liquid fuels tax moneys to which
17 the Commonwealth is not entitled................. 1,000
18 Refunding liquid fuels tax - political sub-
19 division use..................................... 1,000,000
20 For the payment of salaries, wages and all nec-
21 essary expenses for the proper administration of
22 the refunding of liquid fuels tax - political sub-
23 division use..................................... 80,000
24 Refunding liquid fuels tax - to Boating Fund
25 for the use of the Fish Commission for the im-
26 provement of the waters of Pennsylvania on which
27 motorboats are permitted to operate.............. 1,200,000
28 For payment of principal and interest require-
29 ments on general obligation bonds issued for
30 transportation projects.......................... 100,854,000
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1 For payment of principal and interest require-
2 ments on general obligation bonds issued for The
3 General State Authority projects................. 161,000
4 REFUNDING LIQUID FUELS TAX--VOLUNTEER FIRE <--
5 COMPANIES, VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICES AND
6 VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUADS ......................... 300,000
7 FOR THE PAYMENT OF SALARIES, WAGES AND ALL
8 NECESSARY EXPENSES FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION
9 OF THE REFUNDING OF LIQUID FUELS TAX--VOLUNTEER
10 FIRE COMPANIES, VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICES AND
11 VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUADS ......................... 75,000
12 To the Department of Education
13 For the promotion of the highway safety educa-
14 tion programs through the schools of the Common-
15 wealth........................................... 34,000
16 For assistance to school districts in the es-
17 tablishment and operation of driver education pro-
18 grams, and to analyze and improve driver education
19 courses of study for secondary school pupils and
20 adults........................................... 106,000
21 For payments to school districts or joint school
22 organizations for driver education programs...... 4,218,000
23 To the Department of Property and Supplies
24 For the payment of rental charges to The Gen-
25 eral State Authority............................. 1,543,000
26 To the Department of Revenue
27 For the proper administration and enforcement
28 of the regulations under "The Liquid Fuels Tax
29 Act," "Fuels Use Tax Act," "Motor Carriers Act,"
30 and "Bus Compact"................................ 2,700,000
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1 To the Pennsylvania State Police
2 For transfer to the General Fund to finance the
3 traffic control and the traffic safety facilities
4 program of the Pennsylvania State Police......... 76,482,000
5 For transfer to the General Fund to finance the
6 Municipal Police Officers Education and Training
7 Commission....................................... 1,600,000
8 To the Governor
9 For distribution to the various departments
10 and agencies of the Commonwealth financed through
11 the Motor License Fund to meet the increased costs
12 of employees salaries, wages and benefits resulting
13 from labor negotiations, and for any related
14 general increase in salaries, wages and benefits
15 granted to nonunion employees.................... 7,620,000
16 Section 3. In addition to the amounts appropriated by this
17 act, all moneys received from the Federal Government or from any
18 other source as contributions to or payments for the programs
19 provided herein shall be paid into the Motor License Fund and
20 are hereby appropriated out of the Motor License Fund for the
21 purposes and programs intended.
22 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 1975.
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