title
An ordinance authorizing the County of Allegheny to impose a fee of $5.00 for each nonexempt vehicle registered to an address located within Allegheny County to be used for transportation projects and other authorized expenditures as provided by 75 Pa.C.S. §1935.
body
Whereas, Act 89 of 2013, amending 75 Pa.C.S. §1935, allows all Counties within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at their discretion, to impose a $5.00 county fee for every non-exempt vehicle registered to an address located within said County; and
Whereas, beginning January 1, 2015, 75 Pa.C.S. §1935 requires each County that elects to implement the fee to adopt an Ordinance authorizing the same; and
Whereas, 75 Pa.C.S. §1935 requires that any County that adopts an Ordinance notify the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Department) on or following the enactment date and no sooner than 90 days prior to the effective date of the Ordinance; and
Whereas, following notice to the Department, 75 Pa.C.S. §1935 directs the Department to collect the county fee at the time of vehicle registration, and to deposit receipts into a Fee for Local Use Fund; and
Whereas, 75 Pa.C.S. §1935 directs that the money paid into the Fee for Local Use Fund shall be distributed by the Department to each participating County, in accordance with the amount collected from said County; and
Whereas, funds payable to a County from the Fee for Local Use Fund shall be used by the County for transportation purposes or be allocated by the County to municipalities in the County in accordance with 75 Pa.C.S. §9010(c) (related to the County Liquid Fuels Tax Fund); and
Whereas, the Allegheny County Chief Executive has determined that the $5.00 county fee authorized pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S. §1935 is in the best interest of Allegheny County in will help defray the costs of vitally needed capital and maintenance transportation projects; and,
Whereas, the elected County Council of Allegheny County agree that the $5.0...
Click here for full text