§ 9106. Dirt, gravel and low-volume road maintenance
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 75 Pa.C.S.A. VehiclesEffective: July 1, 2014
Effective: July 1, 2014
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 9106
§ 9106. Dirt, gravel and low-volume road maintenance
(b) General rule.--Of the funds available under section 9502(a)(1) (relating to imposition of tax), $7,000,000 shall be annually distributed to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the maintenance and mitigation of dust and sediment pollution from parks and forestry roads. Funds in the amount of $28,000,000 shall be appropriated annually to the State Conservation Commission and administered in a nonlapsing, nontransferable account restricted to maintenance and improvement of dirt, gravel and low-volume State and municipal roads. The State Conservation Commission shall apportion the funds based on written criteria it develops to establish priorities based on preventing dust and sediment pollution. In the first fiscal year, top priority shall be given to specific trouble spot locations already mapped by the Task Force on Dirt and Gravel Roads and available from the department. A minimum of $8,000,000 of the total appropriated annually shall be for maintenance and improvement of low-volume roads.
The State Conservation Commission shall be entitled to withhold and expend the costs of the audit and report preparation up to the maximum limit of 2% of the funds administered.
(e) Quality assurance boards.--Apportioned funds are to be dispersed to county conservation districts which apply for them and are to be used by State agencies and local municipalities that maintain roads within the county and fulfill certain requirements specified under subsection (g). Within the conservation district a quality assurance board shall be impaneled to establish and administer the grant program. The four-member quality assurance board is to be comprised of a nonvoting chairman appointed by the conservation district directors and one local representative appointed by each of the following entities:
If circumstances require, the chairman may vote to decide a tie vote.
The grant application shall not exceed one page with reference to published standards being acceptable.
Credits
1997, April 17, P.L. 6, No. 3, § 14, effective July 1, 1997. Amended 2013, Nov. 25, P.L. 974, No. 89, § 41, effective July 1, 2014.
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 9106, PA ST 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 9106
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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