PRINTER'S NO. 580
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.569
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, APRIL 9, 2025
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 9, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection , for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," establishing the Snow and Ice Removal Safety
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35 Grant Program and the Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant
Program Account; and imposing duties on the Department of
Transportation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding an article to read:
ARTICLE I-M
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM
Section 101-M. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Account." The Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant Program
Account established under section 103-M(a).
"Applicant." A person that applies for a grant award under
the program.
"Department." The Department of Transportation of the
Commonwealth.
"Eligible applicant." An applicant who is eligible to
receive a grant award under the program.
"Motor carrier vehicle." Any of the following:
(1) A truck, truck tractor or combination of a truck and
truck tractor having a gross vehicle weight rating, gross
combination weight rating, registered gross weight,
registered combination weight or actual gross weight of
17,001 pounds or more.
(2) A truck, truck tractor or combination of a truck and
truck tractor engaged in interstate commerce and having a
gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight rating,
registered gross weight, registered combination weight or
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31 actual gross weight of 10,001 pounds or more.
"Program." The Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant Program
established under section 102-M(a).
"Snow and ice removal device." Any apparatus, equipment or
technology used to remove snow and ice from the roof of a motor
carrier vehicle.
Section 102-M. Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant Program.
(a) Establishment.--The Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant
Program is established within the department for the purpose of
developing snow and ice removal devices at locations across this
Commonwealth. The department shall award a grant under the
program to an eligible applicant for the purpose of funding the
purchase, installation or utilization of snow and ice removal
devices at locations across this Commonwealth.
(b) Use of money.--
(1) A recipient of a grant award under the program shall
use the grant money to purchase, install or utilize a snow
and ice removal device that will remove snow and ice from
motor carrier vehicles at a location in this Commonwealth.
(2) A recipient of a grant award under the program shall
use the grant money to purchase, install or utilize a snow
and ice removal device at a location that is convenient and
easily accessible to motor carrier vehicles, including a
service area, a weigh station, an inspection facility, a
port, a terminal or another intermodal transportation
facility.
(3) A recipient of a grant award under the program may
use the grant money to cover other direct costs related to a
snow and ice removal device for a project approved by the
department.
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30 (c) Operation and fees.--
(1) A recipient of a grant award under the program shall
operate a snow and ice removal device at a location in
accordance with regulations promulgated by the department
under section 109-M.
(2) A recipient of a grant award under the program may
charge a user fee for the use of a snow and ice removal
device to pay for the costs associated of operating and
maintaining the associated facilities and equipment.
(d) Award limits.--Subject to the availability of grant
money for the program, the department may not provide a grant
award to an eligible applicant in excess of $50,000 per snow and
ice removal device location or $150,000 for all snow and ice
removal device locations.
Section 103-M. Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant Program
Account.
(a) Establishment.--The Snow and Ice Removal Safety Grant
Program Account is established as an account in the General
Fund. Money in the account is appropriated on a continuing basis
to the department for the purposes specified under subsection
(c).
(b) Deposits.--Notwithstanding 42 Pa.C.S. § 3571 (relating
to Commonwealth portion of fines, etc.), money collected under
75 Pa.C.S. § 3721 (relating to snow and ice) shall be deposited
into the account.
(c) Use of money.--The department shall use the money
deposited into the account under subsection (b) only for the
following purposes:
(1) Establishing the program to provide incentives to
eligible applicants to purchase, install and utilize snow and
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across this Commonwealth.
(2) Offsetting costs associated with a public awareness
campaign related to snow and ice removal. The department may
use no more than 3% of the annual account balance for the
purpose specified under this paragraph.
(3) Offsetting the administrative costs of the program.
The department may use no more than 3% of the annual account
balance for the purpose specified under this paragraph.
Section 104-M. Application form.
The department shall develop an application form for an
applicant to apply for grant awards under the program. The form
shall include all of the following information:
(1) The name, address and contact information of the
applicant.
(2) The amount of grant money requested.
(3) The proposed use for the grant award.
(4) Any other information the department deems
necessary.
Section 105-M. Notice of availability and award of grants.
The department shall provide information regarding the
availability and award of grant money under the program on the
department's publicly accessible Internet website.
Section 106-M. Award of grants.
(a) Determination.--Within 60 days of the submission and
review of an application for a grant award under the program,
the department shall determine the applicant's eligibility for
the grant money. Upon approving the application, the department
shall award a grant amount to the eligible applicant in
accordance with section 102-M(d).
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written notice to an applicant:
(1) The amount of the grant money awarded under the
program, if any, and the conditions or restrictions on the
use of the grant money.
(2) If part or all of the application is denied, the
reason for the full or partial denial.
(c) Other information.--If the department requests
additional information from an applicant for the purpose of
reviewing an application for a grant award under the program,
the applicant shall immediately provide the additional
information to the department.
Section 107-M. Transfer.
Notwithstanding section 1703-A, the sum of $2,000,000 is
transferred from the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund to the
account.
Section 108-M. Report.
No later than December 31, 2026, the department shall publish
a report that lists each recipient of a grant award under the
program and a recipient's application information on the
department's publicly accessible Internet website.
Section 109-M. Regulations.
The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to
implement this article.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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