Pennsylvania HB 1868: An Act designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 11414, on U.S. Route 219 in Brady Township, Clearfield County, as the Lance Corporal Robert Clyde Gontero Memorial Bridge.

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PRINTER'S NO. 2318
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1868
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BRENNAN, BOROWSKI, CERRATO, CIRESI, O'MARA,
PIELLI, SAPPEY, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN, SANCHEZ, K.HARRIS,
MERSKI, GREEN AND SCOTT, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Titles 66 (Public Utilities) and 75 (Vehicles) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network
service, further providing for rates and forms of
compensation; and, 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 2607 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 2607. Rates and forms of compensation.
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(g) Transportation fee.--
(1) A transportation network company shall collect a
transportation fee of 95¢ from each trip. The transportation
fee collected shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue.
(2) The transportation fee collected under paragraph (1)
shall be deposited in the State Treasury in accordance with
the following:
(i) One-third into the Public Transportation Trust
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Fund.
(ii) One-third into the State Highway Transfer
Restoration Restricted Account within the Motor License
Fund.
(iii) One-third into the Motor License Fund for road
and bridge projects.
Section 2. Section 9511(g)(1) of Title 75 is amended and
subsection (g) 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:
(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 automatic adjustments to annual maintenance payments
under paragraph (1) 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
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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 highway transferred under
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 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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