HB 1085 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in general budget implementation, further providing for Motor License Fund.

PRINTER'S NO.   1188

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                      HOUSE BILL
                      No. 1085
                                             Session of
                                               2025

     INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, BENNINGHOFF, HARKINS, STAMBAUGH, RABB,
        GIRAL, McNEILL, HILL-EVANS, SAPPEY, SMITH, POWELL, SANCHEZ,
        HADDOCK, ZIMMERMAN AND CAUSER, MARCH 31, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 31, 2025


                                  AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
 2      "An act relating to the finances of the State government;
 3      providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
 4      ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
 5      Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
 6      financial management firms, for private dam financial
 7      assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
 8      the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
 9      bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
10      collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
11      due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
12      including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
13      the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
14      and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
15      Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
16      Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
17      courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
18      Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
19      all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
20      moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
21      and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
22      authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
23      to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
24      section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
25      Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
26      certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
27      department, board, commission, and officer of the State
28      government, every political subdivision of the State, and
29      certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
30      association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
31      collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
32      imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
33      other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
 1      every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
 2      Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
 3      providing for Motor License Fund.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.       Section 1798.2-E(9), (10) and (11) of the act of
 7   April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, are
 8   amended to read:
 9   Section 1798.2-E.      Motor License Fund.
10      An appropriation from the Motor License Fund to the
11   Pennsylvania State Police is restricted as follows:
12          * * *
13          (9)    For fiscal year 2025-2026, the total amount of the
14      appropriation shall not exceed [68% of the total amount
15      appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017]
16      $125,000,000.
17          (10)     For fiscal year 2026-2027[, the total amount of the
18      appropriation shall not exceed 64% of the total amount
19      appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.]
20      and each fiscal year thereafter, no amount shall be
21      appropriated.
22          [(11)     For fiscal year 2027-2028 and each fiscal year
23      thereafter, the total amount of the appropriation shall not
24      exceed the greater of:
25                 (i)    $500,000,000; or
26                 (ii)    60% of the total amount appropriated for the
27          same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.]
28      Section 2.       This act shall take effect immediately.




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