Pennsylvania Act 2006-70 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF STATE HIGHWAY TRANSFERS AND ALLOCATION OF PROCEEDS FROM TAXES FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION

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VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF STATE HIGHWAY TRANSFERS
    AND ALLOCATION OF PROCEEDS FROM TAXES FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND
                               CONSTRUCTION
                  Act of Jul. 7, 2006, P.L. 341, No. 70               Cl. 75
                             Session of 2006
                               No. 2006-70

     HB 248

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
        Statutes, further providing for legislative review of State
        highway transfers and for allocation of proceeds from taxes
        for highway maintenance and construction.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Sections 9208 and 9511(g) intro. par. and (1) of
     Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
     to read:
      [§ 9208.  Periodic review by General Assembly.
        Every two years the transportation committees of the House of
     Representatives and the Senate shall hold joint public hearings
     and jointly review the performance and effectiveness of the
     program of highway transfer established by this chapter. The
     committees shall make a joint report to the Speaker of the House
     of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate and
     the House and Senate appropriations committees.]
      § 9511.  Allocation of proceeds.
        * * *
        (g)  Use of funds.--The funds appropriated in subsection (b)
     shall be used to pay for the costs of restoration of such
     highways as provided in Chapter 92 (relating to transfer of
     State highways) and annual payments to the municipalities for
     highway maintenance in accordance with the following:
            (1)  Annual maintenance payments shall be at the rate of
        [$2,500] $4,000 per mile for each highway or portion of
        highway transferred under Chapter 92 [(relating to transfer
        of State highways)], section 222 of the act of June 1, 1945
        (P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, or any
        statute enacted in 1981.
            * * *
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 7th day of July, A. D. 2006.

     EDWARD G. RENDELL