Pennsylvania HB 1523: An Act amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally), 66 (Public Utilities) and 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network companies, providing for excise fee; in transportation network service, providing for excise fee; and, in sustainable mobility options, further providing for fund.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1791
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1523
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ABNEY, BENHAM, KRAJEWSKI, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ,
WAXMAN, McNEILL, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FIEDLER, MAYES, HOHENSTEIN,
D. WILLIAMS, MALAGARI, INGLIS, N. NELSON, O'MARA, FRANKEL,
GUZMAN, PIELLI, PROBST, TAKAC, CEPHAS, KENYATTA AND T. DAVIS,
MAY 30, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 30, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally), 66 (Public
Utilities) and 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network companies,
providing for excise fee; in transportation network service,
providing for excise fee; and, in sustainable mobility
options, further providing for fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 57A23. Excise fee.
(a) Imposition.-- A transportation network company operating
within a city of the first class shall remit to the Public
Transportation Trust Fund a fee equal to 4.6% of the gross
receipts derived from all fares charged to all passengers for
prearranged rides that originate in the city.
(b) Remittance and deposit.-- The fee required under
subsection (a) shall be remitted on a quarterly basis and
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deposited into the Public Transportation Trust Fund.
Section 2. Title 66 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 2611. Excise fee.
(a) Imposition.-- A transportation network company operating
outside a city of the first class shall remit to the Public
Transportation Trust Fund a fee equal to 6% of the gross
receipts derived from all fares charged to all passengers for
prearranged rides that originate outside a city of the first
class.
(b) Remittance and deposit.-- The fee required under
subsection (a) shall be remitted on a quarterly basis and
deposited into the Public Transportation Trust Fun d.
Section 3. Section 1506(c) of Title 74 is amended by adding
a paragraph and subsection (e)(1) is amended by adding a
subparagraph to read:
§ 1506. Fund.
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(c) Other deposits.--The following shall be deposited into
the fund annually:
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(3.5) Revenues deposited into the fund in accordance
with 53 Pa.C.S. § 57A23 (relating to excise fee) and 66
Pa.C.S. § 2611 (relating to excise fee).
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(e) Program funding amounts.--Subject to available funds,
the programs established under this chapter shall be funded
annually as follows:
(1) For the program established under section 1513
(relating to operating program), the following amounts shall
be allocated from the fund:
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(viii) All revenue deposited into the fund under
subsection (c)(3.5).
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Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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