Regular Session 2019-2020 Senate Bill 0858 P.N. 1161

PRINTER'S NO. 1161

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

858

Session of

2019

INTRODUCED BY PITTMAN, ARGALL, MASTRIANO, GORDNER, PHILLIPS-

HILL, VOGEL, COSTA, BARTOLOTTA, HUTCHINSON, BAKER, STEFANO,

K. WARD AND FARNESE, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,

as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State

government; providing for cancer control, prevention and

research, for ambulatory surgical center data collection, for

the Joint Underwriting Association, for entertainment

business financial management firms, for private dam

financial assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes;

providing for the settlement, assessment, collection, and

lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts due the

Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and other

money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or

any agency thereof, including escheated property and the

proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other

disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the

possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims

against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and

appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to

the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth

and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting

moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,

authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes

to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of

section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of

certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every

department, board, commission, and officer of the State

government, every political subdivision of the State, and

certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,

association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or

collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws

imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or

other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the

Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further

providing for Motor License Fund.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1798.2-E of the act of April 9, 1929

(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended to read:

Section 1798.2-E. Motor License Fund.

An appropriation from the Motor License Fund to the

Pennsylvania State Police is restricted as follows:

(1) For fiscal year 2017-2018, the total amount of the

appropriation shall not exceed the total amount appropriated

for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.

(2) For fiscal year 2018-2019, the total amount of the

appropriation shall not exceed 96% of the total amount