Commissioner Michael Pipe's final presentation on the enactment of the $5 fee for local transportation funding. Presented on April 18th and April 25th, 2017.

1. Local Transportation
Funding
Board of Commissioners’
10AM Meeting
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

2. Act 89 – Optional $5 Fee
• Act 89 of 2013 gives counties the
option to pass an ordinance to
collect an additional $5 registration
fee
• 120,537 non-exempt vehicles
registered in Centre County (3/13/17)
–1,317 retired persons w/ discount
• As much as $596,100 in additional
annual transportation funding

3. Municipal Survey
passing ordinance to
collect the $5 fee
on average
annually for liquid fuels requests (‘08-’17)
due to
lack of funding or inability to meet a local
match
and

4. 100%
Leverage millions of
State and Federal funds.
100%
Returns to
Centre County.
PennDOT cannot collect an administrative fee.
Invested in
Centre County for
transportation projects.
$$$
$2 million in PennDOT funds immediately