Pennsylvania HB 1085: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in general budget implementation, further providing for Motor License Fund.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1188
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1085
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, BENNINGHOFF, HARKINS, STAMBAUGH, RABB,
GIRAL, McNEILL, HILL-EVANS, SAPPEY, SMITH, POWELL, SANCHEZ,
HADDOCK, ZIMMERMAN AND CAUSER, MARCH 31, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 31, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
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every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
providing for Motor License Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1798.2-E(9), (10) and (11) of the act of
April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, are
amended to read:
Section 1798.2-E. Motor License Fund.
An appropriation from the Motor License Fund to the
Pennsylvania State Police is restricted as follows:
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(9) For fiscal year 2025-2026, the total amount of the
appropriation shall not exceed [68% of the total amount
appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017]
$125,000,000.
(10) For fiscal year 2026-2027[, the total amount of the
appropriation shall not exceed 64% of the total amount
appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.]
and each fiscal year thereafter, no amount shall be
appropriated.
[(11) For fiscal year 2027-2028 and each fiscal year
thereafter, the total amount of the appropriation shall not
exceed the greater of:
(i) $500,000,000; or
(ii) 60% of the total amount appropriated for the
same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.]
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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