PRINTER'S NO. 26
No. 11 Special Session No. 1 of 2007-2008
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, FONTANA, FUMO, LAVALLE, LOGAN, MELLOW,
MUSTO, O'PAKE, RAFFERTY, TARTAGLIONE, WASHINGTON,
C. WILLIAMS, WONDERLING, WOZNIAK AND McILHINNEY,
NOVEMBER 21, 2007
REFERRED TO ENERGY POLICIES, NOVEMBER 21, 2007
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Department of Environmental
2 Protection for the rebate program for hybrid vehicles.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Hybrid
7 Vehicle Rebate Program Funding Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Department." The Department of Environmental Protection of
13 the Commonwealth.
14 "Fund." The Alternative Fuels Incentive Fund.
15 Section 3. Appropriation; disbursement.
16 (a) Appropriation.--The sum of $15,000,000 shall be
17 appropriated to the fund from the proceeds of any bonds issued
1 by enactment of legislation for alternative energy and other
2 energy-related projects.
3 (b) Disbursement.--
4 (1) The department shall annually disburse $3,000,000 of
5 the appropriation under subsection (a) for the purpose of the
6 rebate program established under section 3(d) of the act of
7 November 29, 2004 (P.L.1376, No.178), known as the
8 Alternative Fuels Incentive Act.
9 (2) The funds dedicated to the rebate program under this
10 section shall be in addition to any funds allocated to the
11 rebate program under the Alternative Fuels Incentive Act.
12 (3) Notwithstanding section 3(d)(1) of the Alternative
13 Fuels Incentive Act, rebates for the purchase of hybrid
14 vehicles under the Alternative Fuels Incentive Act shall be
15 $750 per applicant, to the extent that funding is available.
16 (c) Continuing appropriation.--Unused funds from the
17 appropriation under subsection (a) and funds remaining in the
18 fund shall not lapse into the General Fund at the end of the
19 fiscal year.
20 Section 4. Notice.
21 The department shall forward notice of statutory
22 authorization to issue bonds for alternative energy and other
23 energy-related projects to the Legislative Reference Bureau for
24 publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
25 Section 20. Effective date.
26 This act shall take effect as follows:
27 (1) The following provisions shall take effect
28 immediately:
29 (i) Section 4.
30 (ii) This section.
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1 (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect on the
2 later of:
3 (i) the date of publication of the notice under
4 section 4; or
5 (ii) 60 days.
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