PRINTER'S NO. 3727
No. 2671 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY BOWSER, MERRY, TRELLO, ROBBINS, DISTLER, BUNT,
NAHILL, STABACK, FOX, COLAFELLA, DORR, HERSHEY, E. Z. TAYLOR,
BARLEY, SEMMEL AND CLARK, SEPTEMBER 28, 1988
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, SEPTEMBER 28, 1988
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 21, 1931 (P.L.149, No.105), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act imposing a State tax, payable by those
3 herein defined as distributors, on liquid fuels used or sold
4 and delivered within the Commonwealth, which are practically,
5 and commercially suitable for use in internal combustion
6 engines for the generation of power; providing for the
7 collection and lien of the tax, and the distribution and use
8 of the proceeds thereof; requiring such distributors to
9 secure permits, to file corporate surety bonds and reports,
10 and to retain certain records; imposing duties on retail
11 dealers, common carriers, county commissioners, and such
12 distributors; providing for rewards; imposing certain costs
13 on counties; conferring powers and imposing duties on certain
14 State officers and departments; providing for refunds;
15 imposing penalties; and making an appropriation," further
16 providing for exemptions for school buses.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 4 of the act of May 21, 1931 (P.L.149,
20 No.105), known as The Liquid Fuels Tax Act, amended December 19,
21 1975 (P.L.556, No.156), is amended to read:
22 Section 4. Imposition of Tax; Exemptions and Deductions.--A
23 permanent State tax of eight cents a gallon, or fractional part
24 thereof, is hereby imposed and assessed upon all liquid fuels
1 used or sold and delivered by distributors within this
2 Commonwealth, excepting liquid fuels delivered to the United
3 States Government on presentation of a duly authorized United
4 States Government exemption certificate or other evidence
5 satisfactory to the department, and such liquid fuels used or
6 sold and delivered as are not within the taxing power of this
7 Commonwealth under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution of
8 the United States and excepting liquid fuels used as fuel in
9 aircraft or aircraft engines and excepting liquid fuels
10 delivered to the Commonwealth, every political subdivision, any
11 volunteer fire company, any volunteer ambulance service, any
12 volunteer rescue squad, any second class county port authority
13 and nonpublic schools not operated for profit on presentation of
14 evidence satisfactory to the department, and any motor vehicle
15 bearing Pennsylvania school bus registration plates. The tax
16 herein imposed and assessed shall be collected by and paid to
17 the Commonwealth but once in respect to any liquid fuels.
18 In lieu of the foregoing taxes, a permanent State tax of one
19 and one-half cents a gallon, or fractional part thereof, is
20 hereby imposed and assessed upon all liquid fuels used or sold
21 and delivered by distributors within this Commonwealth for use
22 as fuel in propeller-driven piston engine aircraft or aircraft
23 engines, and, except as hereinafter provided, one and one-half
24 cents a gallon, or fractional part thereof, upon all liquid
25 fuels used or sold and delivered by distributors within this
26 Commonwealth for use as fuel in turbine propeller jet, turbo-
27 jet, or jet driven aircraft and aircraft engines. Beginning
28 January 1, 1960, and thereafter, a State tax of one cent a
29 gallon, or fractional part thereof, is hereby imposed and
30 assessed upon all liquid fuels used or sold and delivered by
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1 distributors within this Commonwealth for use as fuel in turbine
2 propeller jet, turbo-jet, or jet driven aircraft and aircraft
3 engines.
4 Distributors shall be liable to the Commonwealth for the
5 collection and payment of the tax imposed by this act. The tax
6 imposed by this act shall be collected by the distributor at the
7 time the liquid fuels are used or sold and delivered by the
8 distributor and shall be borne by the consumer.
9 The department shall allow such handling and storage losses
10 of liquid fuels as are substantiated to its satisfaction.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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