Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 2615.4. Formula for payment;  authorized expenditures;  manner of payment

(1) The money hereby allocated shall be paid to the cities, boroughs, towns and townships in accordance with the following formula:

To be expended by the authorities of the respective municipalities (i) for the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of such public roads or streets, including bridges, culverts and drainage structures for which they are legally responsible and including the lining of streams incidental to the drainage of highways, and for the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of curb ramps from a road, street or highway to provide for access by individuals with disabilities consistent with Federal and State law;  (ii) for the acquisition, maintenance, repair and operation of street signs, traffic signs and traffic signal control systems;  (iii) for the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of alleys, ways and courts for which they are legally responsible.  Where road, bridge, alley, way or court work is performed by the political subdivision the moneys herein allocated may be used only for labor, hiring of equipment, payrolls, purchase of material, including repair parts necessary for the maintenance of equipment, small tools, road drags and snow fences and, in addition, an amount not to exceed twenty per centum of the total annual allocation received by each municipality, may be used for the purchase of road machinery and road equipment;  and (iv) for the acquisition of computer-related hardware, software and training required for the electronic processing of information concerning the funds appropriated and allocated under this act, including the preparation and electronic submission of the required annual reports for payment certification, provided that expenditures under this subclause may not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) annually.

No municipality shall receive less than the amount allocated to such municipality during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969.  So much as is necessary of the taxes collected on each gallon of liquid fuel under “The Liquid Fuel Tax Act”   1 and on each gallon of fuel under the “Fuel Use Tax Act”   2 is hereby appropriated out of the Motor License Fund to municipalities of the Commonwealth for the purpose of making any additional payments required under the provisions hereof.  Funds hereby appropriated shall be in addition to funds appropriated under the provisions of section 3 of this act.  3

(2) Deleted by 1982, Feb. 5, P.L. 9, No. 4, § 1.

(2.1) Any municipality which issues bonds or obligations in accordance with Article VII-A of the act of June 25, 1941 (P.L. 159),  4 known as the “Municipal Borrowing Law”, exclusively for road or street improvement purposes may expend all or any portion of the allocated money for interest and principal payments and sinking fund charges becoming due on such bonds or obligations.

(3) The moneys allocated in clause (1) shall be paid over, in the manner provided by law, by the department to the respective cities, boroughs, towns and townships, on the first days of July and December, 1956, and the first day of March of each subsequent year.