PRINTER'S NO. 1924
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1702
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, MOUL, SCHLOSSBERG, KIM, HILL-EVANS,
LONGIETTI, SCHWEYER, HARKINS, CIRESI, HERRIN, SAINATO,
McNEILL, WEBSTER, BOYLE, SAMUELSON, MADDEN, MERSKI, VITALI,
INNAMORATO, BURGOS, KINKEAD AND STURLA, JUNE 24, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 24, 2021
AN ACT
Providing for an annual revenue sharing program for
municipalities relating to tax-exempt real property;
establishing the Tax-exempt Property Municipal Assistance
Fund; imposing powers and duties on the Department of
Community and Economic Development; and making an
inconsistent repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Tax-exempt
Property Municipal Assistance Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Common level ratio." The ratio of assessed value to current
market value used generally in the county as last determined by
the State Tax Equalization Board under the act of June 27, 1996
(P.L.403, No.58), known as the Community and Economic
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