Bill Text: PA HB954 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increasing the amount of the municipal allocation that may be used to purchase road equipment.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-17 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB954 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB954-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1092
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 954 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY GIBBONS, BELFANTI, DENLINGER, HESS, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MANN, McILVAINE SMITH, MILLARD, PASHINSKI, ROAE, SIPTROTH AND STEVENSON, MARCH 17, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 17, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655),
entitled "An act providing a permanent allocation of a part
of the fuels and liquids fuels tax proceeds to cities,
boroughs, incorporated towns and townships, for their road,
street and bridge purposes; conferring powers and imposing
duties on local officers and the Department of Highways; and
making an appropriation out of the Motor License Fund; and
repealing existing legislation," increasing the amount of the
municipal allocation that may be used to purchase road
equipment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4(1) of the act of June 1, 1956 (1955
P.L.1944, No.655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal
Allocation Law, amended November 23, 2004 (P.L.944, No.138), is
amended to read:
Section 4. The money hereby appropriated to municipalities
shall be paid to the municipalities in accordance with the
following formula and subject to the provisions of this act:
(1) The money hereby allocated shall be paid to the cities,
boroughs, towns and townships in accordance with the following
formula:
Five-tenths of this allocation divided by the total miles of public roads and streets which are maintained by municipalities. MultipliedBy The number of miles in the particular municipality.
Plus
Five-tenths of this allocation divided by the total official population of the municipalities as of January first of the year in which the money is to be paid to the municipalities. MultipliedBy The official population of the particular municipality as of January first of said year.
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(Amount due the particular municipality)
To be expended by the authorities of the respective
municipalities (i) for the maintenance, repair, construction or
reconstruction of such public roads or streets, including
bridges, culverts and drainage structures for which they are
legally responsible and including the lining of streams
incidental to the drainage of highways, and for the maintenance,
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repair, construction or reconstruction of curb ramps from a
road, street or highway to provide for access by individuals
with disabilities consistent with Federal and State law; (ii)
for the acquisition, maintenance, repair and operation of street
signs, traffic signs and traffic signal control systems; (iii)
for the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of
alleys, ways and courts for which they are legally responsible.
Where road, bridge, alley, way or court work is performed by the
political subdivision the moneys herein allocated may be used
only for labor, hiring of equipment, payrolls, purchase of
material, including repair parts necessary for the maintenance
of equipment, small tools, road drags and snow fences and, in
addition, an amount not to exceed [twenty] thirty per centum of
the total annual allocation received by each municipality, may
be used for the purchase of road machinery and road equipment;
and (iv) for the acquisition of computer-related hardware,
software and training required for the electronic processing of
information concerning the funds appropriated and allocated
under this act, including the preparation and electronic
submission of the required annual reports for payment
certification, provided that expenditures under this subclause
may not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) annually.
No municipality shall receive less than the amount allocated
to such municipality during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1969. So much as is necessary of the taxes collected on each
gallon of liquid fuel under "The Liquid Fuel Tax Act" and on
each gallon of fuel under the "Fuel Use Tax Act" is hereby
appropriated out of the Motor License Fund to municipalities of
the Commonwealth for the purpose of making any additional
payments required under the provisions hereof. Funds hereby
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appropriated shall be in addition to funds appropriated under
the provisions of section 3 of this act.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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