PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 3806
No. 2618 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY GRUCELA, STEIL, MELIO, RUBLEY, ARMSTRONG, BASTIAN,
BUNT, CAPPELLI, CIVERA, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, CURRY, DAILEY,
DALEY, DALLY, DiGIROLAMO, DIVEN, FEESE, FLICK, FREEMAN,
GODSHALL, HANNA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, LEH,
LEVDANSKY, MANN, MARSICO, McCALL, McNAUGHTON, PALLONE,
PISTELLA, READSHAW, ROSS, SAINATO, SEMMEL, SHANER, B. SMITH,
STEELMAN, R. STEVENSON, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
TIGUE, WALKO, WATSON, M. WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK AND
ZIMMERMAN, MAY 1, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MAY 1, 2002
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, further providing for the taxation of
3 homestead property.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
8 That section 2(b)(vi) of Article VIII be amended to read:
9 § 2. Exemptions and special provisions.
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11 (b) The General Assembly may, by law:
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13 (vi) Authorize local taxing authorities to exclude from
14 taxation an amount based on the assessed value of homestead
1 property. [The] Except for school districts, the exclusions
2 authorized by this clause shall not exceed one-half of the
3 median assessed value of all homestead property within a local
4 taxing jurisdiction. The exclusions authorized by this clause
5 for a school district shall not exceed one-half of the assessed
6 value of a homestead property within that school district. A
7 local taxing authority may not increase the millage rate of its
8 tax on real property to pay for these exclusions.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
11 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
12 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
13 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
14 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
15 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
16 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
17 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
18 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
19 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
20 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
21 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
22 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
23 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
24 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
25 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
26 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
27 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
28 primary, general or municipal election occurring at least three
29 months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by
30 the General Assembly which meets the requirements of and is in
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1 conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of
2 Pennsylvania.
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