PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1977, 2245, 2294 PRINTER'S NO. 2315
No. 1447 Session of 1986
Report of the Committee of Conference
To the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives:
We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the part of
the Senate and House of Representatives for the purpose of
considering Senate Bill No. 1447, entitled:
"An act itemizing appropriations required from the Motor License
Fund for the fiscal year July 1, 1986, to June 30, 1987, for the
proper operation of the several departments of the Commonwealth
authorized to spend Motor License Fund moneys,"
respectfully submit the following bill as our report:
RICHARD A. TILGHMAN
JOHN STAUFFER
VINCENT J. FUMO
(Committee on the part of the Senate.)
JAMES J. MANDERINO
MAX PIEVSKY
RICHARD A. McCLATCHY, JR.
(Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.)
AN ACT
1 Itemizing appropriations required from the Motor License Fund
2 for the fiscal year July 1, 1986, to June 30, 1987, for the
3 proper operation of the several departments of the
4 Commonwealth authorized to spend Motor License Fund moneys.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
8 Motor License Fund Appropriation Act of 1986.
9 Section 2. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
10 necessary, are hereby appropriated from the Motor License Fund
11 to the hereinafter named agencies of the Commonwealth for the
12 payment of salaries, wages and other compensation and travel
13 expenses of the duly elected or appointed officers and employees
14 of the Commonwealth, for contractual services and other expenses
15 necessary for the proper conduct of the duties, functions and
16 activities for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal
17 year beginning July 1, 1986, and for the payment of bills
18 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year
19 ending June 30, 1986:
20 To the Department of Transportation
21 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
22 expenses for the proper administration of the
23 Department of Transportation, including the
24 Transportation Commission and Advisory Committee
25 and the Statewide coordination of municipal
26 services.......................................... $20,901,000
27 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
28 expenses for the operation of the Highway and
29 Safety Improvement Programs, including planning
1 and research, design, engineering, right-of-way
2 acquisition and the operation of the engineering
3 district facilities and liaison services with
4 communities on local road engineering and
5 construction activities........................... 147,485,000
6 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
7 expenses for the administration and operation of
8 the maintenance program for State roads, bridges,
9 tunnels and structures, including the operation of
10 the county maintenance district facilities........ 548,638,000
11 For supplemental maintenance program payments.
12 This appropriation shall be allocated so as to
13 insure that no county receives a maintenance
14 allocation in fiscal year 1986-1987 that is less
15 than the allocation such county received in fiscal
16 year 1985-1986.................................... 10,947,000
17 For an additional one-time payment to county
18 maintenance districts for highway maintenance to
19 be allocated as follows: 50% based on the number
20 of county lane miles as defined in 75 Pa.C.S. §
21 9101 (relating to definitions) and 50% based on
22 the number of county vehicle miles as defined in
23 75 Pa.C.S. § 9101................................. 20,000,000
24 For the construction of salt storage
25 facilities........................................ 1,500,000
26 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
27 expenses for the administration of the Traffic
28 Safety Program and the administration and
29 operation of the Operator and Vehicle Registration
30 Programs.......................................... 48,416,000
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1 For highway restorations under the Highway
2 transfer program. This appropriation and those
3 funds allocated by executive authorization for
4 highway restoration from the State Highway
5 Transfer Restoration Restricted Account
6 established in 75 Pa.C.S. § 9511(b) (relating to
7 allocation of proceeds) shall be allocated to
8 municipalities in each county for highway
9 restoration based on the dollar value of
10 outstanding turnback requests of municipalities in
11 each county as a proportion of the total dollar
12 value of outstanding turnback requests in the
13 Commonwealth as identified in the schedule
14 submitted by the Department of Transportation to
15 the Majority Chairman of the House Appropriations
16 Committee and the Majority Chairman of the Senate
17 Appropriations Committee as of June 30, 1986...... 5,000,000
18 For rental payments to the State Highway and
19 Bridge Authority for projects constructed with
20 funds borrowed by the authority................... 27,900,000
21 For payments to municipalities to assist in
22 maintenance and construction costs of roads....... 147,158,000
23 For supplemental payments to municipalities to
24 assist in maintenance and construction costs of
25 roads in accordance with 75 Pa.C.S. Ch.93
26 (relating to supplemental funding for municipal
27 highway maintenance).............................. 5,000,000
28 For local bridge inspections................... 1,740,000
29 To the Governor
30 Executive Offices:
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1 For comptroller operations related to the Motor
2 License Fund...................................... $3,579,000
3 To the Treasury Department
4 For the payment of replacement checks issued in
5 lieu of outstanding checks when presented and to
6 adjust errors..................................... $60,000
7 For payment of refunds of liquid fuels taxes
8 for agricultural use to which the Commonwealth is
9 not entitled...................................... 4,200,000
10 For the payment of salaries, wages and all
11 necessary expenses in the proper administration of
12 the program to refund liquid fuels taxes to which
13 the Commonwealth is not entitled.................. 241,000
14 For the payment of approved claims for the
15 refunding of liquid fuels taxes and fuel use taxes
16 to which the Commonwealth is not entitled......... 350,000
17 For the payment of approved claims for the
18 refunding of emergency liquid fuels tax moneys to
19 which the Commonwealth is not entitled............ 1,000
20 Refunding liquid fuels tax - political
21 subdivision use................................... 2,200,000
22 Refunding liquid fuels tax - volunteer fire
23 companies, volunteer ambulance services and
24 volunteer rescue squads........................... 160,000
25 Refunding liquid fuels tax - to the Boat Fund
26 for the use of the Fish Commission for the
27 improvement of the waters of Pennsylvania on which
28 motorboats are permitted to operate............... 1,750,000
29 For the payment of principal and interest
30 requirements on general obligation bonds issued
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1 for transportation projects....................... 164,912,000
2 For payment of principal and interest
3 requirements on general obligation bonds issued
4 for General State Authority projects.............. 529,000
5 For interest payments on obligations issued for
6 the Advance Construction Interstate Program....... 2,130,000
7 For payment of the compensation of the
8 Commonwealth's loan and transfer agent for
9 services and expenses in connection with the
10 registration, transfer and payment of interest on
11 bonds of the Commonwealth and other services
12 required to be performed by the loan and transfer
13 agent............................................. 135,000
14 To the Department of Education
15 For administration of the school safe driving
16 program and for payments to school districts or
17 joint school organizations for driver education
18 courses........................................... $2,598,000
19 To the Department of General Services
20 For the payment of rental charges to the
21 General State Authority........................... $1,176,000
22 For payment of tort claims..................... 26,500,000
23 To the Department of Revenue
24 For the proper administration and enforcement
25 of the regulations under The Liquid Fuels Tax Act,
26 Motor Carriers Road Tax Act and Bus Compact....... $5,105,000
27 To the Pennsylvania State Police
28 For transfer to the General Fund to finance the
29 Traffic Control and the Traffic Safety Facilities
30 Program of the Pennsylvania State Police.......... $149,704,000
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1 For transfer to the General Fund to finance the
2 Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training
3 Commission........................................ 2,314,000
4 Section 3. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
5 necessary, are hereby appropriated from the Aviation Restricted
6 Revenue Account in the Motor License Fund to the hereinafter
7 named agencies of the Commonwealth for the purposes set forth
8 herein for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1986, and for the
9 payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of
10 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1986:
11 To the Department of Transportation
12 For payment for aviation operations, including
13 the operation and maintenance of State-owned
14 aircraft, payment of general expenses, supplies,
15 printing and equipment; for the development and
16 maintenance of State airports and the maintenance
17 and repair of landing fields, intermediate landing
18 fields, landing field equipment, beacon sites and
19 other navigation facilities; and for the
20 encouragement and development of civil
21 aeronautics....................................... $5,320,000
22 For payment for airport construction and
23 development, including encouragement and
24 development of aeronautics, development of State
25 airports and assistance to political subdivisions
26 and municipal authorities in the construction and
27 improvement of airports and other aeronautical
28 facilities........................................ 3,500,000
29 For payments to public airports for runway and
30 taxiway rehabilitation............................ 500,000
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1 For real estate tax rebate payments to
2 privately owned public use airports............... 231,000
3 To the Treasury Department
4 For payment for aviation-related debt service.. $193,000
5 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 1986, or
6 immediately, whichever is later.
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