PRINTER'S NO. 918
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
741
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, FONTANA, FARNESE, BREWSTER, HUGHES, BLAKE
AND KEARNEY, JUNE 10, 2019
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, JUNE 10, 2019
AN ACT
Imposing a fee on municipalities for services provided by the
Pennsylvania State Police; and providing for allocation of
funds and for penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Pennsylvania
State Police Municipal Police Services Support Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Commissioner." The Commissioner of Pennsylvania State
Police.
"Municipality." A city, borough, incorporated town, township
or home rule municipality.
"State Police services." The provision of primary police
services by the Pennsylvania State Police to a municipality.
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Section 3. State Police services fee.
(a) General rule.--A municipality that receives full-time
State Police services shall pay an annual per-resident fee to
the Commonwealth as provided under subsection (b).
(b) Amount.--
(1) The fee shall be calculated as follows for each
person residing in the municipality:
(i) For a municipality with a population of 1 to
2,000, the fee is $8 per person.
(ii) For a municipality with a population of 2,001
to 3,000, the fee is $17 per person.
(iii) For a municipality with a population of 3,001
to 4,000, the fee is $25 per person.
(iv) For a municipality with a population of 4,001
to 5,000, the fee is $33 per person.
(v) For a municipality with a population of 5,001 to
6,000, the fee is $42 per person.
(vi) For a municipality with a population of 6,001
to 7,000, the fee is $50 per person.
(vii) For a municipality with a population of 7,001
to 8,000, the fee is $58 per person.
(viii) For a municipality with a population of 8,001
to 9,000, the fee is $66 per person.
(ix) For a municipality with a population of 9,001
to 10,000, the fee is $75 per person.
(x) For a municipality with a population of 10,001
to 11,000, the fee is $83 per person.
(xi) For a municipality with a population of 11,001
to 12,000, the fee is $91 per person.
(xii) For a municipality with a population of 12,001
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to 13,000, the fee is $100 per person.
(xiii) For a municipality with a population of
13,001 to 14,000, the fee is $108 per person.
(xiv) For a municipality with a population of 14,001
to 15,000, the fee is $116 per person.
(xv) For a municipality with a population of 15,001
to 16,000, the fee is $125 per person.
(xvi) For a municipality with a population of 16,001
to 17,000, the fee is $133 per person.
(xvii) For a municipality with a population of
17,001 to 18,000, the fee is $141 per person.
(xviii) For a municipality with a population of
18,001 to 19,000, the fee is $149 per person.
(xix) For a municipality with a population of 19,001
to 20,000, the fee is $158 per person.
(xx) For a municipality with a population of more
than 20,000, the fee is $166 per person.
(2) For the purposes of this act, the number of
residents of each municipality shall be the population of the
municipality reported in the most recent Federal decennial
census. Any individuals residing in a State correctional
facility situated within a municipality shall not be
residents of that municipality for purposes of this act.
(3) Effective July 1 of the year immediately following
the effective date of this subsection and each July 1
thereafter, each fee under paragraph (1) shall be increased
annually by an amount calculated by applying the percentage
increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers (CPI-U) for the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-
NJ-DE-MD area for the most recent 12-month period for which
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figures have been officially reported by the United States
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, immediately
prior to each July 1 to the then-current fees. The Office of
the Budget shall annually determine the percentage increase
and the amount of each new fee, and the Secretary of the
Budget shall transmit notice of such percentage increases and
amounts to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication
in the Pennsylvania Bulletin no later than June 1 of each
year.
(c) Determination and payment.--By December 1, 2019, and by
December 1 of each year thereafter, the Commonwealth shall send
an invoice to each municipality stating the payment due from the
municipality calculated in accordance with subsection (b). Each
municipality which receives an invoice shall pay the amount due
to the Commonwealth no later than April 1, 2020, and no later
than each April 1 thereafter.
(d) Guidelines.--The Pennsylvania State Police may adopt and
use guidelines to implement the provisions of this act. The
guidelines shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin but
shall not be subject to review under section 205 of the act of
July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the Commonwealth
Documents Law, sections 204(b) and 301(10) of the act of October
15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys
Act, or the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the
Regulatory Review Act.
Section 4. Municipality fees.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality
may enact an ordinance that imposes and collects a fee at a rate
sufficient to enable the municipality to pay the fee required by
this act. No tax, fee or other assessment imposed may be levied
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by a municipality on a per capita basis for the purpose of
funding the fees under this act.
Section 5. Deposit of fee payments.
Money collected under this act shall augment the Pennsylvania
State Police general government operations appropriation from
the General Fund in the fiscal year in which the money is
received and shall be used by the Pennsylvania State Police to
support Pennsylvania State Police cadet classes and to provide
Pennsylvania State Police services.
Section 6. Distressed municipalities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a
municipality that is determined to be distressed under the act
of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47), known as the Municipalities
Financial Recovery Act, shall not be subject to the requirements
of this act. A municipality that was once determined to be
distressed under the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, but
is not currently determined to be distressed by the Department
of Community and Economic Development, shall be subject to the
requirements of this act.
Section 7. Penalties.
The Commonwealth reserves the right to calculate the payment
due from a municipality under this act, or to offset any
payments of State money due a municipality, including liquid
fuel tax payments, or both, if the municipality fails to comply
with the requirements of this act.
Section 8. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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