PRINTER'S NO. 1057
No. 896 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, LOGAN, STACK AND KITCHEN, MAY 25, 2001
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MAY 25, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for suspension of implementation of
3 certain taxes for highway maintenance and construction by
4 gubernatorial proclamation or executive order.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 9502.1. Suspension of tax.
10 (a) General rule.--The Governor, by proclamation or
11 executive order, may suspend implementation, in part or in
12 total, of section 9502 (relating to imposition of tax) if:
13 (1) the average wholesale price for all liquid fuels and
14 fuels, as defined in Chapter 90 (relating to liquid fuels and
15 fuels tax), has experienced a more than 10% increase within a
16 period of one month or less; and
17 (2) the Governor, in his discretion, determines that the
18 increase in average wholesale price is detrimental to the
19 health, safety and welfare of the citizens of this
1 Commonwealth.
2 (b) Proclamation or executive order.--A proclamation or
3 executive order under subsection (a) shall remain in effect for
4 up to three months and may be reissued by the Governor.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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