PRINTER'S NO. 422

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 379 Session of 1975


        INTRODUCED BY LINCOLN, BURNS, SHUPNIK, PANCOAST,
           S. E. HAYES JR., ZORD, BITTLE AND LETTERMAN,
           FEBRUARY 11, 1975

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 11, 1975

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of December 19, 1974 (No.319), entitled "An act
     2     prescribing the procedure under which an owner may have land
     3     devoted to agricultural use, agricultural reserve use, or
     4     forest reserve use, valued for tax purposes at the value it
     5     has for such uses, and providing for reassessment and certain
     6     interest payments when such land is applied to other uses and
     7     making editorial changes," requiring the State Tax
     8     Equalization Board to consider preferential use assessments
     9     for school subsidy purposes.

    10     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    11  hereby enacts as follows:
    12     Section 1.  Subsection (c) of section 5, act of December 19,
    13  1974 (No.319), known as the "Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest
    14  Land Assessment Act of 1974," is amended to read:
    15     Section 5.  Responsibilities of the County Assessor.--* * *
    16     (c)  The preferential use assessments granted under this act
    17  shall [not] be considered by the State Tax Equalization Board in
    18  determining the market value of taxable real property for school
    19  subsidy purposes.


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