The money hereby appropriated to municipalities shall be paid to the municipalities in accordance with the following formula and subject to the provisions of this act:
Five-tenths of this | The number of miles | |
allocation divided | Multiplied | in the particular |
by the total miles | By | municipality. |
of public roads and | ||
streets which are | ||
maintained by | ||
municipalities. | ||
Plus | ||
Five-tenths of this | The official | |
allocation divided | Multiplied | population of the |
by the total official | By | particular |
population of the | municipality as of | |
municipalities as of | January first of said | |
January first of the | year. | |
year in which the | ||
money is to be paid | ||
to the municipalities. | ||
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(Amount due the | ||
particular municipality) |
To be expended by the authorities of the respective municipalities (i) for the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of such public roads or streets, including bridges, culverts and drainage structures for which they are legally responsible and including the lining of streams incidental to the drainage of highways, and for the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of curb ramps from a road, street or highway to provide for access by individuals with disabilities consistent with Federal and State law; (ii) for the acquisition, maintenance, repair and operation of street signs, traffic signs and traffic signal control systems; (iii) for the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of alleys, ways and courts for which they are legally responsible. Where road, bridge, alley, way or court work is performed by the political subdivision the moneys herein allocated may be used only for labor, hiring of equipment, payrolls, purchase of material, including repair parts necessary for the maintenance of equipment, small tools, road drags and snow fences and, in addition, an amount not to exceed twenty per centum of the total annual allocation received by each municipality, may be used for the purchase of road machinery and road equipment; and (iv) for the acquisition of computer-related hardware, software and training required for the electronic processing of information concerning the funds appropriated and allocated under this act, including the preparation and electronic submission of the required annual reports for payment certification, provided that expenditures under this subclause may not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) annually.
No municipality shall receive less than the amount allocated to such municipality during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969. So much as is necessary of the taxes collected on each gallon of liquid fuel under "The Liquid Fuel Tax Act" and on each gallon of fuel under the "Fuel Use Tax Act" is hereby appropriated out of the Motor License Fund to municipalities of the Commonwealth for the purpose of making any additional payments required under the provisions hereof. Funds hereby appropriated shall be in addition to funds appropriated under the provisions ofsection 3 of this act.
72 P.S. § 2615.4