Bill Text: PA HB1404 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for annual registration fee for passenger cars; establishing the Transit Oriented Development Loan Fund; and imposing duties upon the Department of Community and Economic Development.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-09-29 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB1404 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1404-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 4404
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1404 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY PAYTON AND JOSEPHS, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for annual registration fee for
passenger cars; establishing the Transit Oriented Development
Loan Fund; and imposing duties upon the Department of
Community and Economic Development.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1912 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1912. Passenger cars.
(a) General rule.--The annual fee for registration of a
passenger car shall be $36 plus the amount imposed under
subsection (b).
(b) Additional fee.--In addition to the amount imposed under
subsection (a), the annual fee for registration of a passenger
car shall include the following amounts, which shall be
deposited into the fund created in subsection (c):
(1) $14 for a car that has a fuel consumption rating of
at least 45 miles per gallon;
(2) $24 for a car that has a fuel consumption rating of
at least 35 miles per gallon but less than 45 miles per
gallon;
(3) $34 for a car that has a fuel consumption rating of
at least 25 miles per gallon but less than 35 miles per
gallon; or
(4) $44 for a car that has a fuel consumption rating of
at least 25 miles per gallon.
(c) Fund.--A restricted account to be known as the Transit
Oriented Development Loan Fund is established within the
Department of Community and Economic Development, which shall
promulgate regulations for use of money in the fund for the sole
purpose of providing loans for residential, commercial or mixed-
use development projects located within one-half mile of public
transit bus and train stops. Sixty percent of the money shall be
allocated to projects located near train stops and 40% shall be
allocated to projects located near bus stops.
(d) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
"fuel consumption rating" shall be determined by computing the
average of the city and highway mileage ratings provided by the
manufacturer of the passenger car.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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