PRINTER'S NO. 545
No. 481 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY NICKOL, TIGUE, ARMSTRONG, WAUGH, GEIST, TRELLO,
HENNESSEY, B. SMITH, MASLAND, PESCI, TULLI, GODSHALL, EGOLF,
PLATTS, PHILLIPS, PETRARCA, FICHTER, MAITLAND, REBER, RUBLEY,
E. Z. TAYLOR, SHANER, WOJNAROSKI, HESS, BAKER, BROWNE,
MILLER, LYNCH, PRESTON, STERN, STETLER, BELFANTI, YOUNGBLOOD,
COLAFELLA, STEELMAN AND SEYFERT, FEBRUARY 12, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 12, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655),
2 entitled "An act providing a permanent allocation of a part
3 of the fuels and liquids fuels tax proceeds to cities,
4 boroughs, incorporated towns and townships, for their road,
5 street and bridge purposes; conferring powers and imposing
6 duties on local officers and the Department of Highways; and
7 making an appropriation out of the Motor License Fund; and
8 repealing existing legislation," further providing for the
9 maintenance of alleys.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 4(1) of the act of June 1, 1956 (1955
13 P.L.1944, No.655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal
14 Allocation Law, amended May 27, 1994 (P.L.260, No.42), is
15 amended to read:
16 Section 4. The money hereby appropriated to municipalities
17 shall be paid to the municipalities in accordance with the
18 following formula and subject to the provisions of this act:
19 (1) The money hereby allocated shall be paid to the cities,
1 boroughs, towns and townships in accordance with the following
2 formula:
3 Five-tenths of this The number of miles
4 allocation divided Multiplied in the particular
5 by the total miles By municipality.
6 of public roads and
7 streets which are
8 maintained by
9 municipalities.
10 Plus
11 Five-tenths of this The official
12 allocation divided Multiplied population of the
13 by the total official By particular
14 population of the municipality as of
15 municipalities as of January first of said
16 January first of the year.
17 year in which the
18 money is to be paid
19 to the municipalities.
20 .......................
21 (Amount due the
22 particular municipality)
23 To be expended by the authorities of the respective
24 municipalities (i) for the maintenance, repair, construction or
25 reconstruction of such public roads or streets, including
26 bridges, culverts and drainage structures for which they are
27 legally responsible and including the lining of streams
28 incidental to the drainage of highways, and for the maintenance,
29 repair, construction or reconstruction of curb ramps from a
30 road, street or highway to provide for access by individuals
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1 with disabilities consistent with Federal and State law; [and]
2 (ii) for the acquisition, maintenance, repair and operation of
3 street signs, traffic signs and traffic signal control systems[.
4 Where road or bridge]; and (iii) for the maintenance, repair,
5 construction or reconstruction of alleys adopted on or before
6 May 30, 1956, for which they are legally responsible. Where
7 road, bridge or alley work is performed by the political
8 subdivision the moneys herein allocated may be used only for
9 labor, hiring of equipment, payrolls, purchase of material,
10 including repair parts necessary for the maintenance of
11 equipment, small tools, road drags and snow fences and, in
12 addition, an amount not to exceed twenty per centum of the total
13 annual allocation received by each municipality, may be used for
14 the purchase of road machinery and road equipment.
15 No municipality shall receive less than the amount allocated
16 to such municipality during the fiscal year ending June 30,
17 1969. So much as is necessary of the taxes collected on each
18 gallon of liquid fuel under "The Liquid Fuel Tax Act" and on
19 each gallon of fuel under the "Fuel Use Tax Act" is hereby
20 appropriated out of the Motor License Fund to municipalities of
21 the Commonwealth for the purpose of making any additional
22 payments required under the provisions hereof. Funds hereby
23 appropriated shall be in addition to funds appropriated under
24 the provisions of section 3 of this act.
25 * * *
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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