Act of Apr. 7, 2014,P.L. 381, No. 27 Cl. 75 - VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - DARE PLATE AND PAYMENTS TO SPECIAL FUNDS
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VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - DARE PLATE AND PAYMENTS TO SPECIAL FUNDS
Act of Apr. 7, 2014,
P.L. 381,
No. 27
Cl. 75
Session of 2014
No. 2014-27
HB 89
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for DARE plate and for payments to special funds.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1.
Section 1358 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is repealed:
[§ 1358.
DARE plate.
The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, shall design a special drug abuse resistance education (DARE) registration plate which utilizes the DARE logo or slogan in the design. Upon application of any person, accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee, the department shall issue the plate for a passenger car, motor home, trailer or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 pounds. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program shall receive $15 of each additional fee for this plate.]
Section 2.
Section 1905(c) of Title 75 is amended to read:
§ 1905.
Payments to special funds.
* * *
(c)
Drug Abuse Resistance Education Fund.--[Fifteen dollars of each fee received under section 1358 (relating to DARE plate) shall be credited to the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Fund, established as follows:
(1)
There is hereby established a special account in the State Treasury which shall be known as the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Fund. The purpose of the DARE Fund is to provide moneys for an ongoing educational program in public schools to prevent drug abuse, utilizing police agency representatives, school district employees, materials, supplies and other necessary expenses associated with the program.
(2)
All moneys in the DARE Fund are hereby annually appropriated to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and may be expended for the purposes authorized under this subsection.]
The following shall apply:
(1)
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Fund shall terminate at the end of the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
(2)
All money in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Fund on the effective date of this paragraph shall be appropriated to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and shall be expended to provide grants to
children's advocacy centers, as defined in 23 Pa.C.S. § 6303(a) (relating to definitions)
, during fiscal year 2013-2014. All money in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Fund on the date of termination shall be transferred to the General Fund.
(3)
Estimates of amounts to be expended under this subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for his approval.
(4)
The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition for expenditures by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency in excess of estimates approved by the Governor or in excess of the amount available for the purposes for which the requisition was made, whichever is the lesser amount.
Section 3.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
APPROVED--The 7th day of April, A.D. 2014.
TOM CORBETT