An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in oil and gas wells, further providing for Oil and Gas Lease Fund; and, in general budget implementation, further providing for Federal and Commonwealth use of forest land.

PRINTER'S NO. 2766
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2141
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, PICKETT, ZIMMERMAN, SMITH, ARMANINI,
GILLEN AND CIRESI, JANUARY 13, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JANUARY 14, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
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Commonwealth," in oil and gas wells, further providing for
Oil and Gas Lease Fund; and, in general budget
implementation, further providing for Federal and
Commonwealth use of forest land.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1601.2-E(b)(1) and (2) of the act of
April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, are
amended to read:
Section 1601.2-E. Oil and Gas Lease Fund.
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(b) Sources.--The following shall be deposited into the
fund:
(1) [Rents] Except as provided under section 1798.1-E(h)
(3)(i), rents and royalties from oil and gas leases of land
owned by the Commonwealth, except rents and royalties
received from game and fish lands.
(2) [Amounts] Except as provided under section 1798.1-
E(h)(3)(ii), amounts as provided under section 5 of the act
of October 8, 2012 (P.L.1194, No.147), known as the
Indigenous Mineral Resources Development Act.
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Section 2. Section 1798.1-E(b) and (g) of the act, amended
July 11, 2024 (P.L.550, No.54) and November 12, 2025 (P.L.156,
No.45), are amended and the section is amended by adding
subsections to read:
Section 1798.1-E. Federal and Commonwealth use of forest land.
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(b) Charge.--Except as provided under subsection (g), the
following shall apply:
(1) For land owned by the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources, subject to subsection (c), real property
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under subsection (a) shall be subject to an annual charge of
all of the following:
(i) For the benefit of each county where the real
property is located:
(A) Three dollars per acre [for the benefit of
each county where the real property is located]. One
dollar and twenty cents shall be paid by the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and
$1.80 shall be paid from money available under 4
Pa.C.S. § 1403 (relating to establishment of State
Gaming Fund and net slot machine revenue
distribution).
(B) The per-acre amount determined under
subsection (e)(4).
(ii) For the benefit of the schools in each school
district where the real property is located:
(A) Three dollars per acre [for the benefit of
the schools in each school district where the real
property is located]. One dollar and twenty cents
shall be paid by the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources and $1.80 shall be paid from money
available under 4 Pa.C.S. § 1403.
(B) The per-acre amount determined under
subsection (e)(4).
(iii) For the benefit of the township where the real
property is located:
(A) Three dollars per acre [for the benefit of
the township where the real property is located]. One
dollar and twenty cents shall be paid by the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and
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$1.80 shall be paid from money available under 4
Pa.C.S. § 1403.
(B) The per-acre amount determined under
subsection (e)(4).
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(e.1) Additional payments.--The State Treasurer shall pay to
political subdivisions under subsection (d) the following
amounts:
(1) The amount deposited into the Forest Reserves
Municipal Relief Supplement Account for the prior fiscal year
ending June 30.
(2) The per-acre supplemental payment amount under
subsection (b)(1)(i)(B), (ii)(B) and (iii)(B), calculated by
dividing the amount under paragraph (3) by the number of
acres for which payment is due under subsection (b)(1).
(g) Adjustments based on Consumer Price Index.--Beginning in
fiscal year 2030-2031, and every five years thereafter, the
Secretary of the Budget shall increase the amounts of the
payments under subsection [(b)] ( b)(1)(i)(A), (ii)(A), (iii)(A)
and (2) by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area between July 1 of the fiscal
year in which the amounts last went into effect and July 1 of
the fiscal year in which the next increases will take effect.
The increases shall take effect on July 1 of the first year of
each five-year period. The secretary shall determine the
percentage increase and the new amounts based on the most
recently reported Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland
area by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
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Statistics and shall transmit notice of the percentage increase
and new amounts to the Legislative Reference Bureau for
publication in the next available issue of the Pennsylvania
Bulletin no later than August 31 of each fiscal year in which
the increases take effect. When determining the increases and
amount, the secretary shall take the following into account:
(1) The amounts in subsection [(b)] ( b)(1)(i)(A), (ii)
(A), (iii)(A) and (2) may not be increased by more than 10%.
(2) Payment of the increased amounts under this
subsection shall be allocated equally between the funding
available to the agency for the payments under subsection (b)
(1) and the funding available under 4 Pa.C.S. § 1403
(relating to establishment of State Gaming Fund and net slot
machine revenue distribution).
(3) Payment of the increased amounts under this
subsection shall be allocated between the funding available
to the agencies under subsection (b)(2) and the funding
available under 4 Pa.C.S. § 1403 in the same proportions as
specified in subsection (b)(2).
( h) Forest Reserves Municipal Relief Supplement Account.--
(1) There is established a restricted account in the
General Fund to be known as the Forest Reserves Municipal
Relief Supplement Account.
(2) Money in the account is appropriated on a continuing
basis to the State Treasurer for the payment of amounts under
subsection (b)(1)(i)(B), (ii)(B) and (iii)(B).
(3) Twenty percent of the following amounts shall be
deposited into the account:
(i) Rents, royalties and other payments received by
the Commonwealth from oil and gas leases of land owned by
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the Commonwealth, except game and fish lands.
(ii) Amounts as provided under section 5 of the act
of October 8, 2012 (P.L.1194, No.147), known as the
Indigenous Mineral Resources Development Act.
(iii) Rents, royalties and other payments received
by the Commonwealth from timber sales on land owned by
the Commonwealth, except rents, royalties and other
payments received from game and fish lands.
(iv) Rents, royalties and other payments received by
the Commonwealth from the construction or placement of
radio towers on land owned by the Commonwealth, except
game and fish lands.
(v) State park user fees.
(vi) Rents, royalties and other payments received by
the Commonwealth from energy development on land owned by
the Commonwealth, including the construction or placement
of solar or wind electricity generating facilities,
except game and fish lands.
(vii) Any other money appropriated or transferred to
the account.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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