PRINTER'S NO. 367
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.398
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KRUPA, KAUFFMAN, COOK, ROAE, BARTON, M. MACKENZIE,
HAMM AND BARGER, JANUARY 28, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 28, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in authority of Department of
Transportation, further providing for aircraft for official
use.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5302(a) and (b)(10) of Title 74 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the section
is amended by adding subsections to read:
§ 5302. Aircraft for official use.
(a) General rule.-- The department may purchase or lease and
maintain aircraft required for the proper conduct of the
official business of the Commonwealth agencies and the General
Assembly. The total cost, including all ordinary and necessary
expenses for the use of such aircraft, shall be charged by the
department to the using agency or the General Assembly. The
amount of such charge shall be paid into the Aviation Restricted
Account and be credited to the amounts appropriated therefrom
for the use of the department. All amounts so credited are
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other appropriations out of the Aviation Restricted Account for
the use of the department.
(a.1) Attestation of official business.--An aircraft
authorized under this section may only be used by Commonwealth
agencies and the General Assembly for flights which are entirely
for official business. A public official or public employee who
receives a flight on an aircraft authorized under this section
shall sign a declaration subject to 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904 (relating
to unsworn falsification to authorities) stating that the trip
is exclusively for official business and that the public
official or public employee will not engage in political
activities or attend a sporting event after arrival and before
departure on the return flight, even if the political activities
or attendance at sporting events are incidental to the official
business which is the purpose of the flight.
(a.2) Prohibited passengers.--A lobbyist, a principal or an
individual who owns, is employed or is otherwise under contract
with a lobbyist or principal may not receive a flight on an
aircraft authorized under this section.
(b) Flight log required.--The department shall establish and
maintain a log of flights using aircraft authorized under this
section. This log shall be publicly accessible on the
department's Internet website and shall be updated monthly. At
minimum, the information made available on the department's
Internet website shall include:
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(10) [Public] The of ficial business that is the purpose
of the trip[.], which shall be described with particularity
and shall include, at a minimum, the following:
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event, the sponsor of the event and whether the event is
open to the public.
(ii) For attendance at a meeting, the subject of the
meeting and the name of each individual who attended the
meeting.
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(d) Out-of-state flights.--An aircraft authorized under this
section may not fly to an airport outside of this Commonwealth,
except for an emergency which is attested to in writing by the
executive director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management
Agency.
(e) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Lobbyist." As defined in 65 Pa.C.S. § 13A03 (relating to
definitions).
"Principal." As defined in 65 Pa.C.S. § 13A03.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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