Pennsylvania HB 1060: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in taxes for highway maintenance and construction, further providing for allocation of proceeds.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1154
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1060
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BRENNAN, O'MARA, BOROWSKI, MUNROE, PIELLI, SAPPEY,
CERRATO, CIRESI, KHAN, PROKOPIAK, GUENST, GIRAL, CEPEDA-
FREYTIZ, PROBST, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, DONAHUE, OTTEN AND
GREEN, MARCH 26, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 26, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in taxes for highway maintenance and construction,
further providing for allocation of proceeds.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9511(g)(1) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the subsection
is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 9511. Allocation of proceeds.
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(g) Use of funds in the State Highway Transfer Restoration
Restricted Account.--The funds appropriated in subsection (b)
for deposit in the State Highway Transfer Restoration Restricted
Account shall be used to pay for the costs of restoration of
such highways as provided in Chapter 92 (relating to transfer of
State highways) and annual payments to the municipalities for
highway maintenance in accordance with the following:
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(1) [Annual] Subject to paragraph (1.1), annual
maintenance payments shall be at the rate of [$4,000] $12,500
per mile for each highway or portion of highway transferred
under Chapter 92, section 222 of the act of June 1, 1945
(P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, or any
statute enacted in 1981.
(1.1) Beginning February 1, 2028, the department shall
make a utomatic adjustments to annual maintenance payments
every 24 months. The following apply:
(i) The automatic adjustments shall be calculated as
follows:
(A) The department shall determine the
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers for each succeeding 24-month
period.
(B) The percentage increase under clause (A)
shall be applied to annual maintenance payments for
each highway or portion of the highway transferred
under Chapter 92, section 222 of the State Highway
Law or any statute enacted in 1981, and the
adjustment shall be rounded to the nearest dollar.
(ii) The department shall transmit notice of the
automatic adjustment and the calculation to the
Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the next
available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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