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PRINTER'S NO. 166
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 255
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, VITALI, HOHENSTEIN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
SANCHEZ, PIELLI, STEELE, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, OTTEN AND
KENYATTA, JANUARY 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 17, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, providing for Green Vehicle Pilot Program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
CHAPTER 82
GREEN VEHICLE PILOT PROGRAM
Sec.
8201. Definitions.
8202. Program guidelines.
8203. Expiration.
§ 8201. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Applicant." An individual who resides in this Commonwealth
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and owns or leases a green vehicle and who applies to
participate in the program.
"Battery electric vehicle." A motor vehicle that is only
powered by an electric motor drawing current from a rechargeable
energy storage system.
"Commission." The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
"Green vehicle." Any of the following:
(1) Battery electric vehicle.
(2) Hybrid electric vehicle.
(3) Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
"Hybrid electric vehicle." A motor vehicle that is powered
from onboard sources of stored energy that are both an internal
combustion engine using combustible fuel and a rechargeable
energy storage system.
"Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle." A motor vehicle powered
by an electric motor drawing current from a rechargeable energy
storage system, but also has an onboard combustion engine.
"Program." The Green Vehicle Pilot Program established under
section 8202 (relating to program guidelines).
§ 8202. Program guidelines.
(a) Establishment.--The Green Vehicle Pilot Program is
established to incentivize Commonwealth residents to purchase
green vehicles.
(b) Form.--The commission shall develop a form for an
applicant to complete and submit to the commission after the
purchase of a green vehicle to participate in the program.
(c) Submission.--An applicant shall submit a completed form
under subsection (b) along with a copy of the green vehicle's
registration to the commission.
(d) Credit.--
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(1) After the receipt of the information required under
subsection (c), the commission shall issue an applicant a
credit that shall be used for toll charges on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike in the following amounts:
(i) One hundred dollars for hybrid electric
vehicles.
(ii) Two hundred dollars for plug-in hybrid electric
vehicles.
(iii) Two hundred dollars for battery electric
vehicles.
(2) Only one credit amount under paragraph (1) may be
issued per applicant.
(e) Regulations.--The commission shall promulgate rules and
regulations as necessary to effectuate the implementation of the
program.
§ 8203. Expiration.
This chapter shall expire five years from the effective date
of this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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