An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for supplemental funding for rural infrastructure.

PRINTER'S NO. 1317
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1096
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY J. WARD, BARTOLOTTA, MALONE, STEFANO, BAKER AND
FLYNN, NOVEMBER 17, 2025
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 17, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, providing for supplemental funding for rural
infrastructure.
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 87
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Sec.
8701. Authority to incur debt.
8702. Process.
§ 8701. Authority to incur debt.
(a) Debt for bridge projects.--The department may incur debt
as provided under this chapter to improve the department's
bridges on three or four digit State routes on the non-Federal
aid highway system in this Commonwealth. The following shall
apply:
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(1) Funds authorized under this chapter shall be used to
supplement, and not supplant, money otherwise available for
projects.
(2) The department shall prioritize funds to improve
bridges Statewide based on condition.
(3) The department shall consult with the chairperson
and minority chairperson of the Transportation Committee of
the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of
the Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives,
then develop a plan to deliver bridge projects Statewide in
accordance with this section and post the plan on the
department's publicly accessible Internet website.
(4) Projects shall be bid using the department's
engineering and construction management system.
(5) The department shall ensure that projects are bid
within two years and completed within five years.
(b) Use of savings.--From the additional debt to be incurred
for bridges under this chapter, the department shall use savings
to improve the department's highways on three or four digit
State routes on the non-Federal aid highway system in this
Commonwealth. Highway projects under this subsection shall be
bid using the department's engineering and construction
management system and adhere to the provisions of this chapter.
(c) Ineligibility.--The following are ineligible uses of
funds under this chapter:
(1) Preservation strategies, commonly referred to as oil
and chip or sealcoat.
(2) Patching and sealing.
(3) Any construction, reconstruction or maintenance work
performed by the department's county maintenance districts.
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§ 8702. Process.
(a) Additional debt.--The maximum principal amount of
additional debt to be incurred under this chapter for capital
bridge projects specifically itemized in a capital project
itemization act pursuant to section 7(a)(4) of Article VIII of
the Constitution of Pennsylvania shall be $600,000,000. Debt
shall be incurred in accordance with the act of February 9, 1999
(P.L.1, No.1), known as the Capital Facilities Debt Enabling
Act, and the Motor License Fund shall be charged with the
repayment of the debt. The net proceeds from the sale of
obligations authorized in this section are appropriated to the
department to be used exclusively to defray financial costs of
capital bridge projects specifically itemized in accordance with
the Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act.
(b) Appropriation.--The money necessary to pay debt service
or to pay arbitrage rebates required under section 148 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. §
148) due on the obligations under this section is appropriated
to the State Treasurer from the Motor License Fund.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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