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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, ROBBINS, BROWNE, ERICKSON, ORIE, RAFFERTY, PILEGGI, PICCOLA, YAW, ARGALL, SMUCKER, VANCE, TOMLINSON, D. WHITE, BAKER, ALLOWAY, PIPPY, CORMAN, GORDNER, BRUBAKER, EARLL AND WARD, JANUARY 12, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 12, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled, |
2 | as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State |
3 | government; providing for the settlement, assessment, |
4 | collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts |
5 | due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and |
6 | other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, |
7 | or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the |
8 | proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other |
9 | disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the |
10 | possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims |
11 | against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and |
12 | appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to |
13 | the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth |
14 | and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting |
15 | moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, |
16 | and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth, |
17 | authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes |
18 | to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of |
19 | section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of |
20 | Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of |
21 | certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every |
22 | department, board, commission, and officer of the State |
23 | government, every political subdivision of the State, and |
24 | certain officers of such subdivisions, every person, |
25 | association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or |
26 | collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws |
27 | imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or |
28 | other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, |
29 | every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the |
30 | Commonwealth," providing for State-owned vehicle use. |
31 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
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1 | hereby enacts as follows: |
2 | Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known |
3 | as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding an article to read: |
4 | ARTICLE XV-B |
5 | STATE-OWNED VEHICLE USE |
6 | Section 1501-B. Definitions. |
7 | The following words and phrases when used in this article |
8 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
9 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
10 | "Department." The Department of General Services of the |
11 | Commonwealth. |
12 | "State employee." The term does not include an elected |
13 | public official of the State government. |
14 | "State entity." A Commonwealth or judicial agency. |
15 | "State-owned vehicle." A vehicle that is owned by the |
16 | Commonwealth. The term shall not include vehicles used for law |
17 | enforcement purposes by persons that have arrest powers. |
18 | Section 1502-B. Vehicle registry. |
19 | The department and each State entity shall post and maintain |
20 | a list of State employees, contract employees and independent |
21 | contractors under its jurisdiction who are assigned a State- |
22 | owned vehicle on its respective Internet website. The list shall |
23 | include the State employee's, contract employee's and |
24 | independent contractor's name, State entity, title and year and |
25 | make of the State-owned vehicle. The list shall be updated every |
26 | 90 days, except that previous years' lists shall remain posted |
27 | and available. |
28 | Section 1503-B. Official use license plate. |
29 | Any State-owned vehicle assigned to a State employee, |
30 | contract employee or independent contractor shall have an |
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1 | official use license plate unless the State employee, contract |
2 | employee or independent contractor to whom that State-owned |
3 | vehicle is assigned performs undercover law enforcement duties. |
4 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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