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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania House Bill 709 Creates Motor Carrier Parking Space Tax Credit for Commercial and Industrial Properties
Last action · February 24, 2025: Referred to FINANCE, Feb. 24, 2025Sponsors: Kerry Benninghoff and 9 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania House Bill 709 establishes a tax credit of $5,000 per newly created truck parking space, up to $100,000 per taxpayer, for commercial or industrial property owners who build and maintain free, public s near major highway corridors. The measure also directs the Department of General Services to study surplus state property for potential truck parking development and takes effect in late 2025.
Property owners and trucking businesses gain a state tax credit worth up to $100,000 for constructing concrete or asphalt parking stalls measuring 10 by 80 feet within one mile of designated highway corridors, provided they maintain operations for at least five years.
- Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes organize the laws of the Commonwealth into distinct subject-matter titles, with Title 74 governing transportation matters. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Commercial and Industrial Property Owners
Property owners gain eligibility for state tax credits up to $100,000 for constructing and maintaining qualifying truck parking spaces on their land.
Motor Carriers
Trucking operators gain access to new free-of-charge, publicly available parking spaces meeting specific sizing and amenity standards near major highway corridors.
Department of Revenue
The department is responsible for establishing application procedures, executing agreements, issuing tax credit certificates, and enforcing recapture penalties.
Department of General Services
The department must conduct a study on surplus real property and publish a report within 12 months.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the physical requirements for a qualifying truck parking space?
Can unused tax credits be refunded or carried back?
What happens if a property owner stops maintaining the parking spaces?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 24, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to FINANCE, Feb. 24, 2025
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Private-Public Partnership for Truck Parking
The legislation uses tax credits as a direct mechanism to harness private commercial and industrial real estate for public infrastructure needs.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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