SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 255 PRINTER'S NO. 2695
No. 235 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. BRUNNER, O'DONNELL, ZEARFOSS, MOEHLMANN,
MEBUS, VROON AND HASKELL, FEBRUARY 9, 1977
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, MARCH 13, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 17, 1913 (P.L.507, No.335), entitled
2 "An act to provide revenue for State and county purposes,
3 and, in cities coextensive with counties, for city and county
4 purposes; imposing taxes upon certain classes of personal
5 property; providing for the assessment and collection of the
6 same; providing for the duties and compensation of
7 prothonotaries and recorders in connection therewith; and
8 modifying existing legislation which provided for raising
9 revenue for State purposes," further providing for counties
10 to determine whether or not to impose the taxes permitted
11 under this act.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. The act of June 17, 1913 (P.L.507, No.335),
15 entitled "An act to provide revenue for State and county
16 purposes, and, in cities coextensive with counties, for city and
17 county purposes; imposing taxes upon certain classes of personal
18 property; providing for the assessment and collection of the
19 same; providing for the duties and compensation of
20 prothonotaries and recorders in connection therewith; and
21 modifying existing legislation which provided for raising
22 revenue for State purposes," is amended by adding a section to
1 read:
2 Section 1.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this law
3 to the contrary, the county commissioners of each county OF THE <--
4 SECOND THROUGH EIGHTH CLASS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN CITIES AND
5 COUNTIES OF THE FIRST CLASS, shall have the power to determine
6 whether or not to impose and collect the taxes permitted under
7 the provisions of this law.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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