PRINTER'S NO. 1213
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1162
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, BENNINGHOFF, HILL-EVANS, JAMES, HADDOCK,
STAMBAUGH, SANCHEZ, MARSHALL, McNEILL, R. MACKENZIE, SIEGEL,
CIRESI, STURLA, HOHENSTEIN AND MALAGARI, MAY 17, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 17, 2023
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
2 "An act relating to the finances of the State government;
3 providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
4 ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
5 Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
6 financial management firms, for private dam financial
7 assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
8 the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
9 bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
10 collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
11 due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
12 including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
13 the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
14 and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
15 Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
16 Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
17 courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
18 Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
19 all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
20 moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
21 and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
22 authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
23 to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
24 section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
25 Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
26 certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
27 department, board, commission, and officer of the State
28 government, every political subdivision of the State, and
29 certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
30 association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
31 collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
32 imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
33 other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
 1 every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
2 Commonwealth," in special funds, providing for Public Safety
3 and Protection Fund; and, in general budget implementation,
4 further providing for Motor License Fund.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Article XVII-A of the act of April 9, 1929
8 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by
9 adding a subarticle to read:
10 SUBARTICLE K
11 PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTION FUND
12 Section 1795-A. Public Safety and Protection Fund.
13 (a) Establishment.--The Public Safety and Protection Fund is
14 established as a fund in the State Treasury.
15 (b) Sources.--The sources of the Public Safety and
16 Protection Fund are as follows:
17 (1) Appropriations.
18 (2) Fund transfers.
19 (3) Money from any other source.
20 (4) Return on money in the fund.
21 (c) Use.--Money in the Public Safety and Protection Fund is
22 appropriated on a continuing basis and shall be used by the
23 Pennsylvania State Police for public protection and law
24 enforcement.
25 Section 2. Section 1798.2-E of the act is amended to read:
26 Section 1798.2-E. Motor License Fund.
27 An appropriation from the Motor License Fund to the
28 Pennsylvania State Police is restricted as follows:
29 (1) For fiscal year 2017-2018, the total amount of the
30 appropriation shall not exceed the total amount appropriated
31 for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.
32 (2) For fiscal year 2018-2019, the total amount of the
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 1 appropriation shall not exceed 96% of the total amount
2 appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.
3 (3) For fiscal year 2019-2020, the total amount of the
4 appropriation shall not exceed 92% of the total amount
5 appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.
6 (4) For fiscal year 2020-2021, the total amount of the
7 appropriation shall not exceed 88% of the total amount
8 appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.
9 (5) For fiscal year 2021-2022, the total amount of the
10 appropriation shall not exceed 84% of the total amount
11 appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.
12 (6) For fiscal year 2022-2023, the total amount of the
13 appropriation shall not exceed 80% of the total amount
14 appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.
15 (7) For fiscal year 2023-2024, the total amount of the
16 appropriation shall not exceed [76% of the total amount
17 appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017]
18 $400,000,000.
19 (8) For fiscal year 2024-2025, the total amount of the
20 appropriation shall not exceed [72% of the total amount
21 appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017]
22 $300,000,000.
23 (9) For fiscal year 2025-2026, the total amount of the
24 appropriation shall not exceed [68% of the total amount
25 appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017]
26 $200,000,000.
27 (10) For fiscal year 2026-2027, the total amount of the
28 appropriation shall not exceed [64% of the total amount
29 appropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017]
30 $100,000,000.
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1 (11) For fiscal year 2027-2028 and each fiscal year
2 thereafter, the total amount of the appropriation shall [not
3 exceed the greater of:
4 (i) $500,000,000; or
5 (ii) 60% of the total amount appropriated for the
6 same purpose in fiscal year 2016-2017.] be $0.
7 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 1213: P.L.343, No.176