Bill Text: PA HB2521 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for a KIDS First registration plate and for payments to and grants from the Children's Trust Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-28 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB2521 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2521-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3862
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2521 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, JUNE 28, 2012
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 28, 2012
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, providing for a KIDS First registration plate and
for payments to and grants from the Children's Trust Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1366. KIDS First registration plate.
The department, in consultation with the Children's Trust
Fund Board, established under the act of December 15, 1988
(P.L.1235, No.151), known as the Children's Trust Fund Act,
shall design a special KIDS First registration plate. Upon
application of any person, accompanied by a fee of $35 which
shall be in addition to the annual registration fee, the
department shall issue the plate for a passenger car, motor
home, trailer or truck with a gross vehicle weight rating of not
more than 9,000 pounds.
Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 1905. Payments to special funds.
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(d) Children's Trust Fund and grants to county children and
youth programs.--
(1) Fifteen dollars of each fee received under section
1366 (relating to KIDS First registration plate) shall be
credited to the Children's Trust Fund established under the
act of December 15, 1988 (P.L.1235, No.151), known as the
Children's Trust Fund Act.
(2) The money collected under this subsection and
credited to the Children's Trust Fund shall be designated as
demonstration grants to county children and youth programs
for community-based child abuse and neglect prevention
services, except that grants made from funds made available
under this subsection shall not be subject to the usual local
match requirements of the Children's Trust Fund and family
support services. In addition to specific programs identified
as eligible for grants under the Children's Trust Fund Act,
services funded by money collected under this subsection
shall also include the development of court-appointed special
advocate programs for children, otherwise known as CASA.
(3) In order to qualify for a grant funded by money
collected under this subsection, a county children and youth
agency must demonstrate to the Children's Trust Fund Board
that the services reflect the unmet needs of children and
families in the community, that the programs contribute to
the coordination of local services for children and families
and that the program could not be funded through existing
Federal or State programs.
(4) To the fullest extent possible, the Children's Trust
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Fund Board shall ensure the equitable geographic distribution
of the funds to county children and youth programs across
this Commonwealth.
(5) The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition
for expenditures by the Children's Trust Fund Board funded by
money collected under this subsection in excess of estimates
approved by the Governor.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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