Bill Text: PA HB1896 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for the dedicated funding of higher education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-07-30 - Referred to FINANCE [HB1896 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1896-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2527
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1896 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY STURLA, JULY 30, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JULY 30, 2009
AN ACT
Providing for the dedicated funding of higher education.
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 Higher
Education Funding Act.
Section 2. Sales and use surtax.
A surtax of 1% shall be imposed on the purchase price of
property and services subject to taxation under Article II of
the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform
Code of 1971. The surtax shall be in addition to the tax imposed
under Article II of the Tax Reform Code of 1971.
Section 3. Computation of sales and use tax and sales and use
surtax.
(a) Schedule establishment.--Within 30 days of the effective
date of this section, the Department of Revenue shall establish
a schedule for the computation of the State sales and use tax
under Article II of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2),
known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, and the sales and use
surtax as established under this act.
(b) Schedule publication.--The Department of Revenue shall
publish the schedule providing for the computation of the sales
and use tax and the State sales and use surtax in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin immediately succeeding the establishment
of the schedule.
Section 4. Transfer to fund.
Within 30 days of the close of any calendar month, the
revenue generated in the previous month from the sales and use
surtax imposed under this act shall be transferred to the Higher
Education Fund established in the act of ____________,2009
(P.L.____, No.___), known as the General Appropriations Act of
2009.
Section 5. Construction.
The provisions of Article II of the act of March 4, 1971
(P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, shall apply
to the imposition and implementation of the surtax.
Section 20. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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