HB 2437 — An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing for Statewide initiatives.

PRINTER'S NO.   3247

                       THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 2437
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY DAVIDSON, DELOZIER, KUTZ, SHAFFER, KUZMA, HILL-
        EVANS, McNEILL, D. WILLIAMS, SANCHEZ AND INGLIS,
        APRIL 21, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 21, 2026


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing
 3      for Statewide initiatives.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.      Section 2315(a.1)(3) introductory paragraph and
 7   (iii) and (iv) of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 8   Statutes are amended to read:
 9   § 2315.    Statewide initiatives.
10      * * *
11      (a.1)    Deposit and distribution.--Following distribution
12   under section 2314(c), (c.1) and (c.2) (relating to distribution
13   of fee) from fees collected for 2011 and each year thereafter,
14   40% of the remaining revenue in the fund shall be deposited into
15   the Marcellus Legacy Fund and appropriated to the commission and
16   distributed within three months after the date the fee is due as
17   follows:
18             * * *
 1        (3)    Twenty-five percent to the Highway Bridge
 2    Improvement Restricted Account in the Motor License Fund to
 3    counties to be distributed to [fund the cost of the
 4    replacement or repair of locally owned at-risk deteriorated
 5    bridges.] improve any county bridge or municipal bridge in
 6    the county according to applicable Federal and State laws and
 7    regulations. Funds shall be distributed to counties
 8    proportionately based on the population of the county as
 9    follows:
10               * * *
11               (iii)    The Department of Transportation shall release
12        money under this paragraph upon approval of a plan
13        submitted by a county [or municipality to repair an at-
14        risk deteriorated bridge.] to improve any county bridge
15        or municipal bridge in the county, regardless of the
16        bridge's eligibility for Federal aid. The plan must
17        include funding for replacement or repair.
18               (iv)    A county of the first or second class may
19        submit a plan to use its funds under this paragraph [for
20        at-risk deteriorated] to improve bridges owned by a
21        public transportation authority according to applicable
22        Federal and State laws and regulations.
23        * * *
24    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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