PRINTER'S NO. 2415
No. 1815 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GIBBONS, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CONKLIN,
CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GERGELY,
HARHART, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MANN,
McILHATTAN, MOYER, MUNDY, PALLONE, RAMALEY, READSHAW,
SAINATO, SOLOBAY, R. STEVENSON, J. WHITE AND PETRONE,
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
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," increasing the amount of the
9 municipal allocation that may be used to purchase road
10 equipment.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 4(1) of the act of June 1, 1956 (1955
14 P.L.1944, No.655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal
15 Allocation Law, amended November 23, 2004 (P.L.944, No.138), is
16 amended to read:
17 Section 4. The money hereby appropriated to municipalities
18 shall be paid to the municipalities in accordance with the
19 following formula and subject to the provisions of this act:
20 (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; (ii)
2 for the acquisition, maintenance, repair and operation of street
3 signs, traffic signs and traffic signal control systems; (iii)
4 for the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of
5 alleys, ways and courts for which they are legally responsible.
6 Where road, bridge, alley, way or court work is performed by the
7 political subdivision the moneys herein allocated may be used
8 only for labor, hiring of equipment, payrolls, purchase of
9 material, including repair parts necessary for the maintenance
10 of equipment, small tools, road drags and snow fences and, in
11 addition, an amount not to exceed [twenty] thirty per centum of
12 the total annual allocation received by each municipality, may
13 be used for the purchase of road machinery and road equipment;
14 and (iv) for the acquisition of computer-related hardware,
15 software and training required for the electronic processing of
16 information concerning the funds appropriated and allocated
17 under this act, including the preparation and electronic
18 submission of the required annual reports for payment
19 certification, provided that expenditures under this subclause
20 may not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) annually.
21 No municipality shall receive less than the amount allocated
22 to such municipality during the fiscal year ending June 30,
23 1969. So much as is necessary of the taxes collected on each
24 gallon of liquid fuel under "The Liquid Fuel Tax Act" and on
25 each gallon of fuel under the "Fuel Use Tax Act" is hereby
26 appropriated out of the Motor License Fund to municipalities of
27 the Commonwealth for the purpose of making any additional
28 payments required under the provisions hereof. Funds hereby
29 appropriated shall be in addition to funds appropriated under
30 the provisions of section 3 of this act.
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2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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