HB 1868 — 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.

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
 1   Amending Titles 66 (Public Utilities) and 75 (Vehicles) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network
 3      service, further providing for rates and forms of
 4      compensation; and, in taxes for highway maintenance and
 5      construction, further providing for allocation of proceeds.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.         Section 2607 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
 9   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
10   § 2607.    Rates and forms of compensation.
11      * * *
12      (g)    Transportation fee.--
13             (1)   A transportation network company shall collect a
14      transportation fee of 95¢ from each trip. The transportation
15      fee collected shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue.
16             (2)   The transportation fee collected under paragraph (1)
17      shall be deposited in the State Treasury in accordance with
18      the following:
19                   (i)    One-third into the Public Transportation Trust
 1             Fund.
 2                   (ii)    One-third into the State Highway Transfer
 3             Restoration Restricted Account within the Motor License
 4             Fund.
 5                   (iii)    One-third into the Motor License Fund for road
 6             and bridge projects.
 7      Section 2.         Section 9511(g)(1) of Title 75 is amended and
 8   subsection (g) 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:
18             (1)   [Annual] Subject to paragraph (1.1), annual
19      maintenance payments shall be at the rate of [$4,000] $12,500
20      per mile for each highway or portion of highway transferred
21      under Chapter 92, section 222 of the act of June 1, 1945
22      (P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, or any
23      statute enacted in 1981.
24             (1.1)   Beginning February 1, 2028, the department shall
25      make automatic adjustments to annual maintenance payments
26      under paragraph (1) every 24 months. The following apply:
27                   (i)    The automatic adjustments shall be calculated as
28             follows:
29                          (A)   The department shall determine the
30                   percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for

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 1             All Urban Consumers for each succeeding 24-month
 2             period.
 3                    (B)   The percentage increase under clause (A)
 4             shall be applied to annual maintenance payments for
 5             each highway or portion of highway transferred under
 6             section 222 of the State Highway Law or any statute
 7             enacted in 1981, and the adjustment shall be rounded
 8             to the nearest dollar.
 9             (ii)    The department shall transmit notice of the
10        automatic adjustment and the calculation to the
11        Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the next
12        available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
13        * * *
14    Section 3.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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