Bill Information

A Concurrent Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to establish a task force to study the elimination or significant reduction of property taxes as a source of funding for local jurisdictions; to review the policies of states and jurisdictions of the United States which have eliminated property taxes as a source of funding for local jurisdictions; to determine the consequences of such an elimination or reduction on local taxing bodies and on this Commonwealth; and to make recommendations on alternative financing methods for schools, municipalities and other local jurisdictions.