(a) Deposits.--Upon receipt by the department, the following amounts from the scheduled annual commission contribution shall be deposited in the Motor License Fund:
(1) For fiscal year 2007-2008, $450,000,000.
(2) For fiscal year 2008-2009, $500,000,000.
(3) For fiscal year 2009-2010, $500,000,000.
(4) For fiscal year 2010-2011 through fiscal year 2013-2014, the amount calculated for the previous year increased by 2.5%.
(5) For fiscal year 2014-2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, $0.
(b) Distribution.--The following shall apply:
(1) Annually, 15% of the amount deposited in any fiscal year under subsection (a) shall be distributed at the discretion of the secretary.
(2) Annually, $5,000,000 of the amount deposited in any fiscal year under subsection (a) shall be distributed to counties.
(i) The distribution shall be in the ratio of:
(A) the square footage of deck area of a county's county-owned bridges; to
(B) the total square footage of deck area of county-owned bridges throughout this Commonwealth.
(ii) The amount of square footage under subparagraph (i) shall be that reported as part of the National Bridge Inspection Standards Program.
(3) Annually, $30,000,000 of the amount deposited in any fiscal year under subsection (a) shall be distributed to municipalities pursuant to the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law.
(4) Any funds deposited under subsection (a) but not distributed under paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall be distributed in accordance with needs-based formulas that are developed and subject to periodic revision based on consultation and collaboration among metropolitan planning organizations, rural planning organizations and the department.
(c) Definitions.--The following words and phrases when used in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Metropolitan planning organization." The policy board of an organization created and designated to carry out the metropolitan transportation planning process.
"Rural planning organization." The organization of counties with populations of less than 50,000 created and designated as local development districts and which carry out the rural transportation planning process.
(July 18, 2007, P.L.169, No.44, eff. imd.; Nov. 25, 2013, P.L.974, No.89, eff. imd.)
2013 Amendment. Act 89 amended subsec. (a). See the preamble to Act 89 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.
2007 Amendment. Act 44 added section 8915.6.
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