PRINTER'S NO. 2402
No. 178 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY CHADWICK, LEE, JADLOWIEC, BIRMELIN, PICCOLA,
CARLSON, J. L. WRIGHT, HECKLER, ADOLPH, GRUPPO, WOZNIAK,
GANNON, ROBBINS, FARGO, MERRY, LANGTRY, COHEN, BOWLEY,
FARMER, BUNT AND REBER, SEPTEMBER 18, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, SEPTEMBER 18, 1989
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Urging Governor Casey to meet with the Governor of New York to
2 seek repeal of the tax which imposes an unfair tax burden on
3 Pennsylvania residents.
4 WHEREAS, The State of New York has amended its state income
5 tax law to impose increased rates of taxation on the residents
6 of other states who earn wages in New York; and
7 WHEREAS, Thousands of Pennsylvania residents are now being
8 taxed by New York at rates that reflect all of their income,
9 without regard to how it is earned and without regard to whether
10 that income was earned under the protection of the laws of New
11 York; and
12 WHEREAS, This new tax scheme has resulted in the taxation of
13 Pennsylvanians who work in New York at rates entirely
14 disproportionate to the services they consume or the benefits
15 they receive from the State of New York; and
16 WHEREAS, This tax increase is a grossly unfair and
17 inequitable attempt to balance New York's state budget on the
1 backs of thousands of commuters from Pennsylvania, New Jersey
2 and Connecticut; and
3 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania must respond with whatever legal means
4 are available to this extraordinarily callous and devious move
5 by the State of New York; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
7 urge Governor Casey to meet personally with the Governor of the
8 State of New York to attempt to convince the Governor of the
9 State of New York that it is in the mutual interest of New York
10 and Pennsylvania that this inequitable method of taxation should
11 be repealed; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
13 the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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