HB 255 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for Green Vehicle Pilot Program.

PRINTER'S NO.   166

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 255
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, VITALI, HOHENSTEIN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
        SANCHEZ, PIELLI, STEELE, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, OTTEN AND
        KENYATTA, JANUARY 17, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 17, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, providing for Green Vehicle Pilot Program.
 3      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 4   hereby enacts as follows:
 5      Section 1.    Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 6   Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
 7                                 CHAPTER 82
 8                         GREEN VEHICLE PILOT PROGRAM
 9   Sec.
10   8201.   Definitions.
11   8202.   Program guidelines.
12   8203.   Expiration.
13   § 8201.   Definitions.
14      The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
15   shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
16   context clearly indicates otherwise:
17      "Applicant."    An individual who resides in this Commonwealth
 1   and owns or leases a green vehicle and who applies to
 2   participate in the program.
 3      "Battery electric vehicle."      A motor vehicle that is only
 4   powered by an electric motor drawing current from a rechargeable
 5   energy storage system.
 6      "Commission."      The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
 7      "Green vehicle."     Any of the following:
 8             (1)   Battery electric vehicle.
 9             (2)   Hybrid electric vehicle.
10             (3)   Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
11      "Hybrid electric vehicle."      A motor vehicle that is powered
12   from onboard sources of stored energy that are both an internal
13   combustion engine using combustible fuel and a rechargeable
14   energy storage system.
15      "Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle."       A motor vehicle powered
16   by an electric motor drawing current from a rechargeable energy
17   storage system, but also has an onboard combustion engine.
18      "Program."     The Green Vehicle Pilot Program established under
19   section 8202 (relating to program guidelines).
20   § 8202.    Program guidelines.
21      (a)    Establishment.--The Green Vehicle Pilot Program is
22   established to incentivize Commonwealth residents to purchase
23   green vehicles.
24      (b)    Form.--The commission shall develop a form for an
25   applicant to complete and submit to the commission after the
26   purchase of a green vehicle to participate in the program.
27      (c)    Submission.--An applicant shall submit a completed form
28   under subsection (b) along with a copy of the green vehicle's
29   registration to the commission.
30      (d)    Credit.--

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 1             (1)   After the receipt of the information required under
 2      subsection (c), the commission shall issue an applicant a
 3      credit that shall be used for toll charges on the
 4      Pennsylvania Turnpike in the following amounts:
 5                   (i)    One hundred dollars for hybrid electric
 6             vehicles.
 7                   (ii)    Two hundred dollars for plug-in hybrid electric
 8             vehicles.
 9                   (iii)    Two hundred dollars for battery electric
10             vehicles.
11             (2)   Only one credit amount under paragraph (1) may be
12      issued per applicant.
13      (e)     Regulations.--The commission shall promulgate rules and
14   regulations as necessary to effectuate the implementation of the
15   program.
16   § 8203.    Expiration.
17      This chapter shall expire five years from the effective date
18   of this section.
19      Section 2.         This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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