PRINTER'S NO. 3334
No. 2442 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY GANNON, ADOLPH, MAYERNIK, MICOZZIE, PERZEL,
DURHAM, R. C. WRIGHT, FLICK, CIVERA, FREIND, BOYES, ANGSTADT,
KONDRICH, FARMER, GRUPPO, VAN HORNE, McNALLY, DeLUCA AND
SERAFINI, APRIL 4, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 4, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 7, 1947 (P.L.1368, No.542), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act amending, revising and consolidating the
3 laws relating to delinquent county, city, except of the first
4 and second class and second class A, borough, town, township,
5 school district, except of the first class and school
6 districts within cities of the second class A, and
7 institution district taxes, providing when, how and upon what
8 property, and to what extent liens shall be allowed for such
9 taxes, the return and entering of claims therefor; the
10 collection and adjudication of such claims, sales of real
11 property, including seated and unseated lands, subject to the
12 lien of such tax claims; the disposition of the proceeds
13 thereof, including State taxes and municipal claims recovered
14 and the redemption of property; providing for the discharge
15 and divestiture by certain tax sales of all estates in
16 property and of mortgages and liens on such property, and the
17 proceedings therefor; creating a Tax Claim Bureau in each
18 county, except counties of the first and second class, to act
19 as agent for taxing districts; defining its powers and
20 duties, including sales of property, the management of
21 property taken in sequestration, and the management, sale and
22 disposition of property heretofore sold to the county
23 commissioners, taxing districts and trustees at tax sales;
24 providing a method for the service of process and notices;
25 imposing duties on taxing districts and their officers and on
26 tax collectors, and certain expenses on counties and for
27 their reimbursement by taxing districts; and repealing
28 existing laws," providing for duplicate notices of certain
29 delinquent taxes to be sent to parties designated on Third-
30 Party Tax Notice Cards.
31 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. Section 308 of the act of July 7, 1947 (P.L.1368,
3 No.542), known as the Real Estate Tax Sale Law, is amended by
4 adding a subsection to read:
5 Section 308. Notice of Filing of Returns and Entry of
6 Claim.--* * *
7 (a.1) At such time that the bureau shall give notice for
8 each delinquent taxable property, it shall be the duty of the
9 bureau to send duplicate notice in the manner prescribed in this
10 section to each individual, agent or agency designated by a
11 delinquent real property owner on a Third-Party Tax Notice Card
12 which the bureau has received from the receiver or collector of
13 taxes as provided for in section 6.1 of the act of May 25, 1945
14 (P.L.1050, No.394), known as the "Local Tax Collection Law." It
15 shall also be the duty of the bureau to send such duplicate
16 notice to the mayor in the borough, the municipal secretary or
17 clerk in the township, borough or incorporated town in which the
18 delinquent taxable property is located, and the agency on aging
19 in the county.
20 * * *
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 1991.
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