Bill Text: PA HR519 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to rescind the toll rate increase approved in May 2011 and implemented on July 1, 2011.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-07 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HR519 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR519-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2843
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 519 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY EMRICK, FREEMAN, CLYMER, HENNESSEY, KAUFFMAN, O'NEILL, ROCK, STERN AND YOUNGBLOOD, DECEMBER 7, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 7, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Memorializing the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to
rescind the toll rate increase approved in May 2011 and
implemented on July 1, 2011.
WHEREAS, In May 2011, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge
Commission approved a toll rate increase for passenger vehicles
of 25¢, thereby increasing the toll on the commission's seven
toll bridges by 33% from 75¢ to $1; and
WHEREAS, The commission also approved a toll rate increase
for trucks and commercial vehicles of 75¢ per axle, thereby
increasing the rate for a two-axle non-pickup truck from $2.50
per axle to $3.25, and from $3.25 to $4 per axle for any truck
with three or more axles; and
WHEREAS, Now, more than ever, it is imperative that public
officials focus on ways to reduce government spending and avoid
measures that place an excessive financial burden on the
citizens of Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, As an alternative to increasing bridge tolls, the
commission should scrutinize its expenditures to identify cost-
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cutting measures; and
WHEREAS, The toll increase will likely divert motorists from
the commission's toll bridges to the commission's nontoll
bridges and, thereby, add to traffic congestion, increase the
risk of accidents and accelerate the rate of wear and tear on
the nontoll bridges; and
WHEREAS, It is in the public interest for the House of
Representatives to memorialize the commission to rescind the
toll rate increase approved in May 2011 and implemented on July
1, 2011; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize the
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to rescind the toll
rate increase approved in May 2011 and implemented on July 1,
2011; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the Governor of Pennsylvania, the Governor of New Jersey and the
Executive Director and the Board of Directors of the Delaware
River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
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