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.

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
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in taxes for highway maintenance and construction,
 3      further providing for allocation of proceeds.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Section 9511(g)(1) of Title 75 of the
 7   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the subsection
 8   is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
 9   § 9511.    Allocation of proceeds.
10      * * *
11      (g)    Use of funds in the State Highway Transfer Restoration
12   Restricted Account.--The funds appropriated in subsection (b)
13   for deposit in the State Highway Transfer Restoration Restricted
14   Account shall be used to pay for the costs of restoration of
15   such highways as provided in Chapter 92 (relating to transfer of
16   State highways) and annual payments to the municipalities for
17   highway maintenance in accordance with the following:
 1        (1)   [Annual] Subject to paragraph (1.1), annual
 2    maintenance payments shall be at the rate of [$4,000] $12,500
 3    per mile for each highway or portion of highway transferred
 4    under Chapter 92, section 222 of the act of June 1, 1945
 5    (P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, or any
 6    statute enacted in 1981.
 7        (1.1)     Beginning February 1, 2028, the department shall
 8    make automatic adjustments to annual maintenance payments
 9    every 24 months. The following apply:
10              (i)    The automatic adjustments shall be calculated as
11        follows:
12                     (A)   The department shall determine the
13              percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for
14              All Urban Consumers for each succeeding 24-month
15              period.
16                     (B)   The percentage increase under clause (A)
17              shall be applied to annual maintenance payments for
18              each highway or portion of the highway transferred
19              under Chapter 92, section 222 of the State Highway
20              Law or any statute enacted in 1981, and the
21              adjustment shall be rounded to the nearest dollar.
22              (ii)    The department shall transmit notice of the
23        automatic adjustment and the calculation to the
24        Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the next
25        available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
26        * * *
27    Section 2.      This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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