HB 1523 — An Act amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally), 66 (Public Utilities) and 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network companies, providing for excise fee; in transportation network service, providing for excise fee; and, in sustainable mobility options, further providing for fund.

PRINTER'S NO.   1791

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1523
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY ABNEY, BENHAM, KRAJEWSKI, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ,
        WAXMAN, McNEILL, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FIEDLER, MAYES, HOHENSTEIN,
        D. WILLIAMS, MALAGARI, INGLIS, N. NELSON, O'MARA, FRANKEL,
        GUZMAN, PIELLI, PROBST, TAKAC, CEPHAS, KENYATTA AND T. DAVIS,
        MAY 30, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 30, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally), 66 (Public
 2      Utilities) and 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
 3      Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network companies,
 4      providing for excise fee; in transportation network service,
 5      providing for excise fee; and, in sustainable mobility
 6      options, further providing for fund.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.    Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
10   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
11   § 57A23.    Excise fee.
12      (a)     Imposition.--A transportation network company operating
13   within a city of the first class shall remit to the Public
14   Transportation Trust Fund a fee equal to 4.6% of the gross
15   receipts derived from all fares charged to all passengers for
16   prearranged rides that originate in the city.
17      (b)     Remittance and deposit.--The fee required under
18   subsection (a) shall be remitted on a quarterly basis and
 1   deposited into the Public Transportation Trust Fund.
 2      Section 2.      Title 66 is amended by adding a section to read:
 3   § 2611.    Excise fee.
 4      (a)    Imposition.--A transportation network company operating
 5   outside a city of the first class shall remit to the Public
 6   Transportation Trust Fund a fee equal to 6% of the gross
 7   receipts derived from all fares charged to all passengers for
 8   prearranged rides that originate outside a city of the first
 9   class.
10      (b)    Remittance and deposit.--The fee required under
11   subsection (a) shall be remitted on a quarterly basis and
12   deposited into the Public Transportation Trust Fund.
13      Section 3.      Section 1506(c) of Title 74 is amended by adding
14   a paragraph and subsection (e)(1) is amended by adding a
15   subparagraph to read:
16   § 1506.    Fund.
17      * * *
18      (c)    Other deposits.--The following shall be deposited into
19   the fund annually:
20             * * *
21             (3.5)    Revenues deposited into the fund in accordance
22      with 53 Pa.C.S. § 57A23 (relating to excise fee) and 66
23      Pa.C.S. § 2611 (relating to excise fee).
24             * * *
25      (e)    Program funding amounts.--Subject to available funds,
26   the programs established under this chapter shall be funded
27   annually as follows:
28             (1)   For the program established under section 1513
29      (relating to operating program), the following amounts shall
30      be allocated from the fund:

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2              (viii)   All revenue deposited into the fund under
3         subsection (c)(3.5).
4         * * *
5     Section 4.    This act shall take effect immediately.




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