PRINTER'S NO. 1973
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1229
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
REFERRED TO FINANCE, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in consolidated county assessment,
further providing for exemptions from taxation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8812(b)(1) of Title 53 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and subsection (a)
is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
ยง 8812. Exemptions from taxation.
(a) General rule.--The following property shall be exempt
from all county, city, borough, town, township, road, poor,
county institution district and school real estate taxes:
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(16) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) or
any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, all
veterans' organizations known as Veterans of Foreign Wars and
the American Legion which are founded, endowed and maintained
by public or private charity, together with the grounds
annexed and necessary for the occupancy and use of the
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