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PRINTER'S NO. 3744
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2686
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, PROBST AND GILLEN, JULY 1, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JULY 1, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further providing
for definitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "average wholesale price" in
section 9002 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended to read:
§ 9002. 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:
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"Average wholesale price." The average wholesale price of
all taxable liquid fuels and fuels, excluding the Federal excise
tax and all liquid fuels taxes, shall be as follows:
[(1) After December 31, 2013, and before January 1,
2015, the average wholesale price shall be $1.87 per gallon.
(2) After December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2017,
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the average wholesale price shall be $2.49 per gallon.]
(3) After December 31, 2016, and before the effective
date of paragraph (4), the average wholesale price shall be
as determined by the Department of Revenue for the 12-month
period ending on the September 30 immediately prior to
January 1 of the year for which the rate is to be set. In no
case shall the average wholesale price be less than $2.99 per
gallon.
(4) On or after the effective date of this paragraph,
the average wholesale price shall be $1.87 per gallon.
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Section 2. This act shall apply to liquid fuels and fuels
used or sold and distributed within this Commonwealth on or
after the effective date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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