PRINTER'S NO. 163
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 250
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, VITALI, GIRAL, HOHENSTEIN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
SANCHEZ, PIELLI, STEELE, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, OTTEN AND
KENYATTA, JANUARY 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION, JANUARY 17, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of November 29, 2004 (P.L.1376, No.178),
2 entitled "An act relating to alternative fuels; establishing
3 the Alternative Fuels Incentive Fund; authorizing grants and
4 rebates to promote the use of alternative fuels; imposing
5 duties on the Department of Environmental Protection;
6 providing for an annual report; allocating funds collected
7 from the utilities gross receipts tax; making an
8 appropriation; abrogating regulations; and making a repeal,"
9 further providing for Alternative Fuels Incentive Fund.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 3(d) of the act of November 29, 2004
13 (P.L.1376, No.178), known as the Alternative Fuels Incentive
14 Act, is amended to read:
15 Section 3. Alternative Fuels Incentive Fund.
16 * * *
17 (d) Rebate program.--There is [hereby] established a rebate
18 program within the department for individuals residing in this
19 Commonwealth who purchase a hybrid, plug-in hybrid or other
20 alternative fuel vehicle as follows:
 1 (1) [The] Except as provided under paragraph (4), the
2 department shall establish a formula and method for the
3 awarding of rebates under this program. The department shall
4 publish this information yearly in the Pennsylvania Bulletin
5 and may also publish this information on the department's
6 [World Wide Web site] publicly accessible Internet website.
7 Rebates shall be provided to the extent that funding is
8 available for this purpose. [To] Except as provided under
9 paragraph (4), to the extent that applications for rebates
10 exceed the available funds for this program, the department
11 may award rebates on a pro rata basis.
12 (2) A request for a rebate must be submitted to the
13 department no later than six months after the purchase date
14 of the hybrid, plug-in hybrid or other alternative fuel
15 vehicle, in a form and manner prescribed by the department.
16 The department shall provide an application form to an
17 individual upon request, and the department may make the
18 application form [on its World Wide Web site] available on
19 the department's publicly accessible Internet website or
20 through the place of purchase of a hybrid, plug-in hybrid or
21 other alternative fuel vehicle.
22 (3) Applicants shall provide a copy of a valid
23 Pennsylvania vehicle registration and proof of purchase when
24 making a request for a rebate under this program.
25 (4) Rebates awarded for new, preowned and demonstration
26 vehicles with a final purchase price of $50,000 or less shall
27 be in the following amounts:
28 (i) $3,000 for the purchase of a new hydrogen fuel
29 cell vehicle or battery electric vehicle.
30 (ii) $1,500 for the purchase of a new plug-in
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2 (iii) $1,000 for the purchase of a new hybrid
3 vehicle, compressed natural gas vehicle, propane-fueled
4 vehicle, single line ground fault electric vehicle or
5 electric motorcycle, excluding electric scooters.
6 (iv) $1,000 for the purchase of a one-time preowned
7 qualifying vehicle purchased from a registered dealer
8 with an odometer reading of 75,000 miles or less.
9 (v) $1,000 for the purchase of a qualifying
10 demonstration vehicle purchased from a registered dealer
11 with an odometer reading of more than 500 miles and less
12 than 10,000 miles.
13 (5) An applicant for a rebate whose total household
14 income does not exceed 200% of the Federal poverty level, as
15 defined by the United States Department of Health and Human
16 Services, shall be eligible to receive an additional $2,000
17 rebate.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 0163: P.L.1376, No.178