Pennsylvania SB 569: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for mandate waiver program.

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PRINTER'S NO. 580
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 569
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, APRIL 9, 2025
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 9, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," establishing the Snow and Ice Removal Safety
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Grant Program and the Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant
Program Account; and imposing duties on the Department of
Transportation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding an article to read:
ARTICLE I-M
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM
Section 101-M. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Account." The Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant Program
Account established under section 103-M(a).
"Applicant." A person that applies for a grant award under
the program.
"Department." The Department of Transportation of the
Commonwealth.
"Eligible applicant." An applicant who is eligible to
receive a grant award under the program.
"Motor carrier vehicle." Any of the following:
(1) A truck, truck tractor or combination of a truck and
truck tractor having a gross vehicle weight rating, gross
combination weight rating, registered gross weight,
registered combination weight or actual gross weight of
17,001 pounds or more.
(2) A truck, truck tractor or combination of a truck and
truck tractor engaged in interstate commerce and having a
gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight rating,
registered gross weight, registered combination weight or
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actual gross weight of 10,001 pounds or more.
"Program." The Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant Program
established under section 102-M(a).
"Snow and ice removal device." Any apparatus, equipment or
technology used to remove snow and ice from the roof of a motor
carrier vehicle.
Section 102-M. Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant Program.
(a) Establishment.--The Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant
Program is established within the department for the purpose of
developing snow and ice removal devices at locations across this
Commonwealth. The department shall award a grant under the
program to an eligible applicant for the purpose of funding the
purchase, installation or utilization of snow and ice removal
devices at locations across this Commonwealth.
(b) Use of money.--
(1) A recipient of a grant award under the program shall
use the grant money to purchase, install or utilize a snow
and ice removal device that will remove snow and ice from
motor carrier vehicles at a location in this Commonwealth.
(2) A recipient of a grant award under the program shall
use the grant money to purchase, install or utilize a snow
and ice removal device at a loc