PRINTER'S NO. 1421

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1261 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY GLADECK, HASAY, LESCOVITZ, FLEAGLE, GODSHALL,
           FICHTER, BAKER, HENNESSEY, DEMPSEY, PITTS, LYNCH, J. TAYLOR,
           BUNT, GEIST, ARMSTRONG, FLICK, E. Z. TAYLOR, KING,
           HUTCHINSON, CHADWICK, HERMAN, DURHAM, DRUCE, SEMMEL, MARSICO,
           MILLER, LEH, HERSHEY, STERN, DALEY, ADOLPH, S. H. SMITH,
           TRELLO, B. SMITH, RAYMOND, CLARK, CORNELL, PHILLIPS,
           L. I. COHEN, RUBLEY, SERAFINI, BOSCOLA AND MERRY,
           MARCH 20, 1995

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 20, 1995

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581),
     2     entitled "An act concerning boroughs, and revising, amending
     3     and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," further
     4     providing for tax levies.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  The act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656,
     8  No.581), known as The Borough Code, is amended by adding a
     9  section to read:
    10     Section 1302.1.  Different and Separate Tax Levies.--A
    11  borough may in any year levy separate and different rates of
    12  taxation for municipal purposes on all real estate classified as
    13  land, exclusive of the buildings thereon, and on all real estate
    14  classified as buildings on land. When real estate tax rates are
    15  so levied:
    16     (1)  The rates shall be determined by the requirements of the

     1  borough budget.
     2     (2)  Higher rates may be levied on land if the respective
     3  rates on lands and buildings are so fixed so as not to
     4  constitute a greater levy in the aggregate than the maximum rate
     5  allowed by law on both land and buildings.
     6     (3)  The rates shall be uniform as to all real estate within
     7  the classification.
     8     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.















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