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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 87, 1187 | PRINTER'S NO. 1214 |
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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, WARD AND SCARNATI, JANUARY 12, 2011 |
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| AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, MAY 11, 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 and for | <-- |
31 | reporting of vehicle use. |
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1 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
2 | hereby enacts as follows: |
3 | Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known |
4 | as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding an article to read: |
5 | ARTICLE XV-B |
6 | STATE-OWNED VEHICLE USE |
7 | Section 1501-B. Definitions. |
8 | The following words and phrases when used in this article |
9 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
10 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
11 | "Agency." Any of the following: |
12 | (1) An agency of the executive branch of State |
13 | government, including the Governor's Office and any executive |
14 | offices. |
15 | (2) An agency of the judicial branch of State |
16 | government, including members of the judiciary. |
17 | (3) An agency of the legislative branch of State |
18 | government, including members of the Legislature. |
19 | "Agency motor pool." State-owned vehicles assigned to an |
20 | agency for exclusive use by agency employees as needed. |
21 | "Department." The Department of General Services of the |
22 | Commonwealth. |
23 | "State employee." An individual drawing a salary or wages |
24 | from an agency. |
25 | "State-owned vehicle." A vehicle that is owned by the |
26 | Commonwealth. The term shall not include vehicles used for law |
27 | enforcement purposes by persons that have arrest powers. |
28 | "Temporary fleet." State-owned vehicles maintained by the |
29 | department for temporary assignment to employees of an agency as |
30 | needed. |
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1 | Section 1502-B. Vehicle registry. |
2 | (a) List.--The department shall post and maintain on its |
3 | Internet website a list of vehicles assigned to agency motor |
4 | pools, State employees, contract employees, independent |
5 | contractors and the temporary fleet or owned by another agency. |
6 | The list shall include all of the following: |
7 | (1) The person to whom the vehicle is assigned. |
8 | (2) For a vehicle in an agency motor pool or in the |
9 | temporary fleet, the identity of the agency to which the |
10 | vehicle is assigned. |
11 | (3) Title, year and make of the vehicle. |
12 | (b) Submittal.--The information under subsection (a) shall |
13 | be submitted to the department by any agency that owns a |
14 | vehicle. |
15 | (c) Updates.--The list shall be updated every 90 days, |
16 | except that previous years' lists shall remain posted and |
17 | available. |
18 | Section 1503-B. Official use license plate. |
19 | Any State-owned vehicle assigned to a State employee, |
20 | contract employee or independent contractor shall have an |
21 | official use license plate unless: |
22 | (1) The State employee, contract employee or independent |
23 | contractor to whom that State-owned vehicle is assigned |
24 | performs undercover law enforcement duties or other |
25 | undercover investigations. |
26 | (2) The individual to whom that vehicle is assigned is |
27 | an elected official. |
28 | § 1504-B. Reporting. | <-- |
29 | (a) Report.--In order to assist the department in |
30 | implementation of this article, the chief administrative officer |
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1 | of each State agency shall make a report to the department every |
2 | 90 days concerning mileage claimed by State employees on private |
3 | vehicles. The report shall contain: |
4 | (1) Name of individual making claim. |
5 | (2) Either the employing agency or the public office. |
6 | (3) Date of travel. |
7 | (4) General purpose of travel. |
8 | (5) Number of miles claimed. |
9 | (b) Posting.--The department shall post and maintain the |
10 | report under subsection (a) on its publicly available Internet |
11 | website. |
12 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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