PRINTER'S NO. 2177
No. 1776 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY EVANS, M. COHEN, RAMOS, HALUSKA, CALTAGIRONE,
MELIO, LEDERER, DeWEESE, SOLOBAY, HARHAI, YOUNGBLOOD,
LAUGHLIN, BELARDI, FREEMAN, J. TAYLOR, COSTA, DERMODY,
STEELMAN, GRUCELA, SAINATO, BEBKO-JONES, BARRAR, THOMAS AND
COLAFELLA, JUNE 23, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 23, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for an Independence National Historical
3 Park license plate; establishing the Independence National
4 Historical Park Fund; and further providing for the duties of
5 the Department of Community and Economic Development.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
10 § 1361. Independence National Historical Park plate.
11 The department, in consultation with Eastern National and the
12 Independence National Historical Park of the United States
13 National Park Service, shall design an Independence National
14 Historical Park registration plate. Upon application of any
15 person, accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition
16 to the annual registration fee, the department shall issue the
17 plate for a passenger car, motor home, trailer or truck with a
18 registered gross vehicle weight of not more than 9,000 pounds.
1 The Independence National Historical Park Fund shall receive $15
2 of each additional fee for this plate.
3 Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
4 subsection to read:
5 § 1905. Payments to special funds.
6 * * *
7 (d) Independence National Historical Park Fund.--Fifteen
8 dollars of each fee received under section 1361 (relating to
9 Independence National Historical Park plate) shall be credited
10 to the Independence National Historical Park Fund, created as
11 follows:
12 (1) There is hereby established a special account in the
13 Treasury Department which shall be known as the Independence
14 National Historical Park Fund. The purpose of the
15 Independence National Historical Park Fund is to assist and
16 support educational programs sponsored through the park's
17 history education center, known as the Independence Park
18 Institute, which promotes tourism and educates visitors on
19 the founding of this nation at Independence Hall in
20 Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
21 (2) All moneys in the Independence National Historical
22 Park Fund are hereby annually appropriated to the Department
23 of Community and Economic Development and may be expended for
24 the purposes authorized under this subsection.
25 (3) Estimates of amounts to be expended under this
26 subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the
27 Department of Community and Economic Development for his
28 approval.
29 (4) The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition
30 for expenditures by the Department of Community and Economic
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1 Development in excess of estimates approved by the Governor
2 or in excess of the amount available for the purposes for
3 which the requisition was made, whichever is the lesser
4 amount.
5 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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