Pennsylvania HB 2437: An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing for Statewide initiatives.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3247
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2437
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY DAVIDSON, DELOZIER, KUTZ, SHAFFER, KUZMA, HILL-
EVANS, McNEILL, D. WILLIAMS, SANCHEZ AND INGLIS,
APRIL 21, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 21, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing
for Statewide initiatives.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2315(a.1)(3) introductory paragraph and
(iii) and (iv) of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes are amended to read:
§ 2315. Statewide initiatives.
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(a.1) Deposit and distribution.--Following distribution
under section 2314(c), (c.1) and (c.2) (relating to distribution
of fee) from fees collected for 2011 and each year thereafter,
40% of the remaining revenue in the fund shall be deposited into
the Marcellus Legacy Fund and appropriated to the commission and
distributed within three months after the date the fee is due as
follows:
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(3) Twenty-five percent to the Highway Bridge
Improvement Restricted Account in the Motor License Fund to
counties to be distributed to [fund the cost of the
replacement or repair of locally owned at-risk deteriorated
bridges.] improve any county bridge or municipal bridge in
the county according to applicable Federal and State laws and
regulations. Funds shall be distributed to counties
proportionately based on the population of the county as
follows:
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(iii) The Department of Transportation shall release
money under this paragraph upon approval of a plan
submitted by a county [or municipality to repair an at-
risk deteriorated bridge.] to improve any county bridge
or municipal bridge in the county, regardless of the
bridge's eligibility for Federal aid. The plan must
include funding for replacement or repair.
(iv) A county of the first or second class may
submit a plan to use its funds under this paragraph [for
at-risk deteriorated] to improve bridges owned by a
public transportation authority according to applicable
Federal and State laws and regulations.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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