Pennsylvania HB 1788: An Act amending Titles 74 (Transportation) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sustainable mobility options, further providing for operating program; in metropolitan transportation authorities, providing for supplemental performance reporting; providing for Public Transportation Trust Fund transfer and annual increase; establishing the Road and Bridge Project Fund and the Road and Bridge Project Sinking Fund; in public-private transportation partnerships, providing for applicable authority projects; in lighting equipment, further providing for use and display of illuminating signs; in taxes for highway maintenance and construction, further providing for supplemental funding for three and four digit highway construction; and establishing the Three and Four Digit State Route Account.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2194 PRINTER'S NO. 2206
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1788
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DOUGHERTY, NEILSON, HOHENSTEIN, GUZMAN, BELLMON,
SHUSTERMAN, J. HARRIS, GREEN, WAXMAN, CEPHAS, GALLAGHER,
SAPPEY, FIEDLER, O'MARA, GIRAL, ISAACSON, BURGOS, MERSKI,
PARKER, SOLOMON, MULLINS AND KHAN, AUGUST 6, 2025
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AUGUST 11, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Titles 74 (Transportation) and 75 (Vehicles) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sustainable mobility
options, further providing for operating program; in
metropolitan transportation authorities, providing for
supplemental performance reporting; providing for Public
Transportation Trust Fund transfer and annual increase;
establishing the Road and Bridge Project Fund and the Road
and Bridge Project Sinking Fund; in public-private
transportation partnerships, providing for applicable
authority projects; in lighting equipment, further providing
for use and display of illuminating signs; in taxes for
highway maintenance and construction, further providing for
supplemental funding for three and four digit highway
construction; and establishing the Three and Four Digit State
Route Account.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1513 of Title 74 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:
§ 1513. Operating program.
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(f.1) Additional minimum system performance criteria.--
(1) The department shall establish additional minimum
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system performance criteria for an applicable authority to
improve fare evasion, public-private transportation
partnerships and bus routes. The department shall promulgate
regulations, including temporary regulations, to establish
the minimum system performance criteria based upon comparison
of the award recipient to the applicable authority's past
performance and to the applicable authority's peers that an
award recipient must satisfy.
(2) Failure of the applicable authority to satisfy the
minimum system performance criteria established under
paragraph (1) shall result in application of the procedure in
subsection (g).
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(i) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"applicable authority" means the transportation authority of the
metropolitan area as defined in section 1701 (relating to
definitions) and the local transportation organization organized
and existing under the act of April 6, 1956 (1955 P.L.1414,
No.465), known as the Second Class County Port Authority Act.
Section 2. Title 74 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1787. Supplemental performance reporting.
(a) Review.--In addition to any audits or financial
statements required by the Federal or State Government or a
county in this Commonwealth, an applicable authority shall be
subject to the following performance reporting requirements:
(1) At least once annually, the Legislative Budget and
Finance Committee shall review the procedures and audits of
the applicable authority and produce a report on its
findings.
(2) The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall
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make the report under subsection (b) available to the public
on the publicly accessible Internet website of the
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee.
(b) Transmission.--The Legislative Budget and Finance
Committee, in collaboration with an applicable authority, shall
present a report to the Transportation Committee of the Senate
and the Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives
no later than February 1 of every other year. The report shall
include the following:
(1) The progress of the applicable authority on
achieving fiscal solvency or profitability.
(2) The usage of any funds appropriated by the
Commonwealth to the applicable authority.
(3) Any other information the Legislative Budget and
Finance Committee deems necessary.
(c) Construction.--This section shall not be construed to
prohibit more frequent reviews of an applicable authority's use
of funds appropriated.
(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"applicable authority" means the transportation authority of the
metropolitan area as defined in section 1701 (relating to
definitions) and the local transportation organization organized
and existing under the act of April 6, 1956 (1955 P.L.1414,
No.465), known as the Second Class County Port Authority Act.
Section 3. Title 74 is amended by adding a chapter to read:
CHAPTER 19
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND
TRANSFER AND ANNUAL INCREASE
Sec.
1901. Scope of chapter.
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1902. Definitions.
1903. Transfers.
1904. Funds established.
1905. Issuance of bonds.
1906. Annual increase.
§ 1901. Scope of chapter.
This chapter