Pennsylvania Act 1993-81 — TRANSPORTATION (74 PA.C.S) AND VEHICLES (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND

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TRANSPORTATION (74 PA.C.S) AND VEHICLES (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND
                  Act of Dec. 22, 1993, P.L. 561, No. 81              Cl. 74
                             Session of 1993
                               No. 1993-81

     SB 315

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Titles 74 (Transportation) and 75 (Vehicles) of the
        Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
        utilization of public transportation assistance funding and
        for community transportation programs and other programs; and
        further providing for persons authorized to direct traffic.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 1311 of Title 74 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
      § 1311.  Use of funds distributed.
        * * *
        (j)  Limit on certain amounts expended.--Notwithstanding any
     law to the contrary, local transportation organizations and
     transportation companies are authorized to expend moneys
     distributed pursuant to section 1310 for asset maintenance costs
     in an amount not to exceed the greater of:
            (1)  the maximum amount of asset maintenance expenditures
        which could have been approved by the department for
        expenditure by that local transportation organization or
        transportation company for the 1991-1992 fiscal year pursuant
        to section 17(a) of the act of August 5, 1991 (P.L.238,
        No.26), entitled "An act amending Titles 74 (Transportation)
        and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes,
        codifying provisions relating to public transportation;
        imposing certain fees and taxes; further providing for
        certain Pennsylvania Turnpike projects; defining 'farm
        equipment'; further providing for the responsibilities of
        vehicle transferees, for exemptions from registration and
        certificates of title and for the use of dealer plates,
        multipurpose dealer plates and farm equipment plates; further
        providing for funeral processions; further providing for a
        restricted receipts fund and for registration for snowmobiles
        and ATV's; establishing the Snowmobile Trail Advisory
        Committee; further providing for the highway maintenance and
        construction tax; and making repeals," based upon a
        projection of $200,000,000 in total dedicated capital
        assistance funds; or
            (2)  the amount permitted to be expended for such
        purposes under subsection (e).
        Section 2.  Sections 1312(c) and 1313(b) of Title 74 are
     amended to read:
      § 1312.  Community transportation programs.
        * * *
        (c)  [Next fiscal year] Availability of funds.--Funds not
     expended under this section in the fiscal year in which they
     were made available shall not lapse and shall be available for
     use pursuant to this section in the next [fiscal year]
     succeeding fiscal years.
      § 1313.  Additional programs.
        * * *
        (b)  [Next fiscal year] Availability of funds.--Funds not
     expended under this section in the fiscal year in which they
     were made available shall not lapse and shall be available for
     use pursuant to this section in the next [fiscal year]
     succeeding fiscal years.
        Section 3.  Section 3102 of Title 75 is amended to read:
      § 3102.  Obedience to authorized persons directing traffic.
        No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any
     lawful order or direction of any uniformed police officer,
     sheriff or constable or, in an emergency, a railroad or street
     railway police officer; or any appropriately attired person,
     including an agent or employee of the funeral director during a
     funeral, authorized to direct, control or regulate traffic.
        Section 4.  This act shall take effect as follows:
            (1)  The amendment of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3102 shall take effect
        in 60 days.
            (2)  The remainder of this act shall take effect
        immediately.

     APPROVED--The 22nd day of December, A. D. 1993.

     ROBERT P. CASEY