PRINTER'S NO. 1819
No. 1538 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, JUNE 10, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 10, 1987
AN ACT
1 Itemizing appropriations required from the Motor License Fund
2 for the fiscal year July 1, 1987, to June 30, 1988, 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 1987.
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, 1987, and for the payment of bills
18 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year
1 ending June 30, 1987:
2 To the Department of Transportation
3 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
4 expenses for the proper administration of the
5 Department of Transportation, including the
6 Transportation Commission and Advisory Committee
7 and the Statewide coordination of municipal
8 services.......................................... $21,528,000
9 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
10 expenses for the operation of the Highway and
11 Safety Improvement Programs, including planning
12 and research, design, engineering, right-of-way
13 acquisition and the operation of the engineering
14 district facilities and liaison services with
15 communities on local road engineering and
16 construction activities........................... 162,560,000
17 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
18 expenses for the administration and operation of
19 the maintenance program for State roads, bridges,
20 tunnels and structures, including the operation of
21 the county maintenance district facilities........ 567,609,000
22 For supplemental maintenance program payments.
23 This appropriation shall be allocated so as to
24 insure that no county receives a maintenance
25 allocation in fiscal year 1987-1988 that is less
26 than the allocation such county received in fiscal
27 year 1986-1987.................................... 16,766,000
28 For the construction of salt storage
29 facilities........................................ 1,500,000
30 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
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1 expenses for the administration of the Traffic
2 Safety Program and the administration and
3 operation of the Operator and Vehicle Registration
4 Programs.......................................... 44,483,000
5 For rental payments to the State Highway and
6 Bridge Authority for projects constructed with
7 funds borrowed by the authority................... 26,200,000
8 For payments to municipalities to assist in
9 maintenance and construction costs of roads....... 151,533,000
10 For supplemental payments to municipalities to
11 assist in maintenance and construction costs of
12 roads in accordance with 75 Pa.C.S. Ch. 93
13 (relating to supplemental funding for municipal
14 highway maintenance).............................. 5,000,000
15 For local bridge inspections................... 800,000
16 To the Governor
17 Executive Offices:
18 For comptroller operations related to the Motor
19 License Fund...................................... $3,777,000
20 To the Treasury Department
21 For payment of refunds of liquid fuels taxes
22 for agricultural use to which the Commonwealth is
23 not entitled...................................... $4,200,000
24 For the payment of salaries, wages and all
25 necessary expenses in the proper administration of
26 the program to refund liquid fuels taxes to which
27 the Commonwealth is not entitled.................. 248,000
28 For the payment of approved claims for the
29 refunding of liquid fuels taxes and fuel use taxes
30 to which the Commonwealth is not entitled......... 350,000
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1 For the payment of approved claims for the
2 refunding of emergency liquid fuels tax moneys to
3 which the Commonwealth is not entitled............ 1,000
4 Refunding liquid fuels tax - political
5 subdivision use................................... 2,250,000
6 Refunding liquid fuels tax - volunteer fire
7 companies, volunteer ambulance services and
8 volunteer rescue squads........................... 160,000
9 Refunding liquid fuels tax - to the Boat Fund
10 for the use of the Fish Commission for the
11 improvement of the waters of Pennsylvania on which
12 motorboats are permitted to operate............... 1,500,000
13 For the payment of principal and interest
14 requirements on general obligation bonds issued
15 for transportation projects....................... 164,998,000
16 For payment of principal and interest
17 requirements on general obligation bonds issued
18 for General State Authority projects.............. 524,000
19 For interest payments on obligations issued for
20 the Advance Construction Interstate Program....... 7,535,000
21 For payment of the compensation of the
22 Commonwealth's loan and transfer agent for
23 services and expenses in connection with the
24 registration, transfer and payment of interest on
25 bonds of the Commonwealth and other services
26 required to be performed by the loan and transfer
27 agent............................................. 131,000
28 To the Department of Education
29 For administration of the school safe driving
30 program and for payments to school districts or
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1 joint school organizations for driver education
2 courses........................................... $2,300,000
3 To the Department of General Services
4 For the payment of rental charges to the
5 General State Authority........................... $1,185,000
6 For payment of tort claims..................... 26,500,000
7 To the Department of Revenue
8 For the proper administration and enforcement
9 of the regulations under The Liquid Fuels Tax Act,
10 Motor Carriers Road Tax Act and Bus Compact....... $5,258,000
11 To the Pennsylvania State Police
12 For transfer to the General Fund to finance the
13 Traffic Control and the Traffic Safety Facilities
14 Program of the Pennsylvania State Police.......... $152,205,000
15 For transfer to the General Fund to finance the
16 Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training
17 Commission........................................ 2,314,000
18 For transfer to the General Fund to finance
19 adequate replacement patrol vehicles.............. 6,030,000
20 For transfer to the General Fund to finance the
21 upgrading and replacement of State Police
22 officers' uniforms and related equipment.......... 1,675,000
23 Section 3. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
24 necessary, are hereby appropriated from the Aviation Restricted
25 Revenue Account in the Motor License Fund to the hereinafter
26 named agencies of the Commonwealth for the purposes set forth
27 herein for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, and for the
28 payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of
29 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1987:
30 To the Department of Transportation
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1 For payment for aviation operations, including
2 the operation and maintenance of State-owned
3 aircraft, payment of general expenses, supplies,
4 printing and equipment; for the development and
5 maintenance of State airports and the maintenance
6 and repair of landing fields, intermediate landing
7 fields, landing field equipment, beacon sites and
8 other navigation facilities; and for the
9 encouragement and development of civil
10 aeronautics....................................... $6,887,000
11 For payment for airport construction and
12 development, including encouragement and
13 development of aeronautics, development of State
14 airports and assistance to political subdivisions
15 and municipal authorities in the construction and
16 improvement of airports and other aeronautical
17 facilities........................................ 4,500,000
18 For payments to public airports for runway and
19 taxiway rehabilitation............................ 500,000
20 For real estate tax rebate payments to
21 privately owned public use airports............... 243,000
22 To the Treasury Department
23 For payment for aviation-related debt service.. $144,000
24 Section 4. The appropriations in section 3 for airport
25 construction and development, runway and taxiway rehabilitation,
26 and real estate tax rebate payments shall be two-year continuing
27 appropriations.
28 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 1987, or
29 immediately, whichever is later.
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