PRINTER'S NO. 553
No. 497 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY THOMPSON, MARCH 9, 1999
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 9, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the third,
3 fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending,
4 revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating
5 thereto; and providing for regional renaissance initiatives,"
6 further providing for authorization of excise tax.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The definition of "county" in section 1770.2(f)
10 of the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The
11 County Code, amended June 18, 1998 (P.L.619, No.79), is amended
12 to read:
13 Section 1770.2. Authorization of Excise Tax.--* * *
14 (f) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
15 shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:
16 * * *
17 "County." Any county which is on the effective date of this
18 act a county of the third class having a population under the
19 1990 Federal Decennial Census in excess of 337,000 residents,
1 but less than 341,000 residents, or a county of the third class
2 having a population under the 1990 Federal Decennial Census in
3 excess of 374,000 residents, but less than 380,000 residents, or
4 a county of the fourth class having a population under the 1990
5 Federal Decennial Census in excess of 159,000 residents, but
6 less than 175,000 residents, or a county of the fifth class
7 having a population under the 1990 Federal Decennial Census in
8 excess of 123,000 residents, or a county of the sixth class
9 having a population under the 1990 Federal Decennial Census in
10 excess of 87,000 residents.
11 * * *
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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