PRINTER'S NO. 372
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
382
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, COSTA, BREWSTER, FARNESE, MENSCH AND
SABATINA, FEBRUARY 15, 2017
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, FEBRUARY 15, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655),
entitled "An act providing a permanent allocation of a part
of the fuels and liquids fuels tax proceeds to cities,
boroughs, incorporated towns and townships, for their road,
street and bridge purposes; conferring powers and imposing
duties on local officers and the Department of Highways; and
making an appropriation out of the Motor License Fund; and
repealing existing legislation," further providing for
definitions and for money appropriated to municipalities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of the act of June 1, 1956 (1955
P.L.1944, No.655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal
Allocation Law, is amended by adding clauses to read:
Section 2. As used in this act--
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(8) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the
Pennsylvania State Police.
(9) "Interstate highway" means a freeway on the Dwight D.
Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
(10) "Local full-time police patrol services" means patrol
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services provided by a municipality for a period of twenty-four
hours a day, seven days a week.
(11) "Patrol services" means police services provided to
protect public safety by maintaining order, protecting people
and property and enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, by
routine visits through a municipality.
Section 2. Section 4(1) of the act is amended and the
section is amended by adding a clause to read:
Section 4. The money hereby appropriated to municipalities
shall be paid to the municipalities in accordance with the
following formula and subject to the provisions of this act:
(1) The money hereby allocated shall be paid to the cities,
boroughs, towns and townships in accordance with the following
formula:
Five-tenths of this
allocation divided by
the total miles of
public roads and
streets which are
maintained by
municipalities.
Multiplied
By
The number of miles in
the particular
municipality.
Plus
Five-tenths of this
allocation divided by
the total official
population of the
municipalities as of
January first of the
year in which the
money is to be paid
Multiplied
By
The official population
of the particular
municipality as of
January first of said
year.
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to the
municipalities.
Minus
The per capita cost
of the Pennsylvania
State Police to
provide patrol
services to the
particular
municipality, if the
particular
municipality does not
provide local full-
time police patrol
services and it has
an official
population of 5,000
residents or more.
Multiplied
By
The official population
of the particular
municipality as of
January first of said
year.
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(Amount due the
particular municipality)
To be expended by the authorities of the respective
municipalities (i) for the maintenance, repair, construction or
reconstruction of such public roads or streets, including
bridges, culverts and drainage structures for which they are
legally responsible and including the lining of streams
incidental to the drainage of highways, and for the maintenance,
repair, construction or reconstruction of curb ramps from a
road, street or highway to provide for access by individuals
with disabilities consistent with Federal and State law; (ii)
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for the acquisition, maintenance, repair and operation of street
signs, traffic signs and traffic signal control systems; (iii)
for the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of
alleys, ways and courts for which they are legally responsible.
Where road, bridge, alley, way or court work is performed by the
political subdivision the moneys herein allocated may be used
only for labor, hiring of equipment, payrolls, purchase of
material, including repair parts necessary for the maintenance
of equipment, small tools, road drags and snow fences and, in
addition, an amount not to exceed twenty per centum of the total
annual allocation received by each municipality, may be used for
the purchase of road machinery and road equipment; and (iv) for
the acquisition of computer-related hardware, software and
training required for the electronic processing of information
concerning the funds appropriated and allocated under this act,
including the preparation and electronic submission of the
required annual reports for payment certification, provided that
expenditures under this subclause may not exceed one thousand
dollars ($1,000) annually.
No municipality shall receive less than the amount allocated
to such municipality during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1969. So much as is necessary of the taxes collected on each
gallon of liquid fuel under "The Liquid Fuel Tax Act" and on
each gallon of fuel under the "Fuel Use Tax Act" is hereby
appropriated out of the Motor License Fund to municipalities of
the Commonwealth for the purpose of making any additional
payments required under the provisions hereof. Funds hereby
appropriated shall be in addition to funds appropriated under
the provisions of section 3 of this act.
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(4) By March first of each year, the commissioner shall
calculate and make available the per capita cost and total cost
to the Pennsylvania State Police of providing patrol services to
each municipality that has an official population of 5,000
residents or more, excluding the cost of Pennsylvania State
Police patrol services on interstate highways.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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