PRINTER'S NO. 2071
No. 1661 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY BIRMELIN, JULY 2, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JULY 2, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," authorizing additional methods of
6 equalizing tax levies among certain school districts.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 672.1 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
11 amended by adding a subsection to read:
12 Section 672.1. School Districts Lying in More Than One
13 County or in More Than One Municipality; Limitation on Total Tax
14 Revenues.--* * *
15 (e) Whenever a school district shall lie in more than one
16 county, the school district shall have the option of developing
17 a method for equalizing the tax levies on taxable real property
18 in the district other than those methods specified in
19 subsections (a) through (d). The board of directors shall review
1 the plan at a regularly scheduled meeting at least six months
2 prior to the end of the fiscal year. The board shall forward a
3 written copy of the plan to the State Tax Equalization Board for
4 review and comment regarding the equity of the plan on the
5 taxpayers of the counties comprising the school district. The
6 State Tax Equalization Board shall have sixty days from the date
7 of receipt of the plan to make written comments to the board of
8 directors. The board of directors shall make available copies of
9 the comments of the State Tax Equalization Board to the general
10 public and shall review the comments at a regularly scheduled
11 board meeting within 45 days of receiving the comments from the
12 State Tax Equalization Board.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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