PRINTER'S NO. 1497
No. 1335 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY NAHILL, WEIDNER, LEVI, CORNELL, McVERRY,
A. C. FOSTER, JR. AND TRELLO, MAY 17, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 17, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 26, 1931 (P.L.1379, No.348), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act creating in counties of the second A and
3 third class a board for the assessment and revision of taxes;
4 providing for the appointment of the members of such board by
5 the county commissioners; providing for their salaries,
6 payable by the county; abolishing existing boards; defining
7 the powers and duties of such board; regulating the
8 assessment of persons, property, and occupations for county,
9 borough, town, township, school, and poor purposes;
10 authorizing the appointment of subordinate assessors, a
11 solicitor, engineers, and clerks; providing for their
12 compensation, payable by such counties; abolishing the office
13 of ward, borough, and township assessors, so far as the
14 making of assessments and valuations for taxation is
15 concerned; and providing for the acceptance of this act by
16 cities," further providing for appeals from assessments.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 9 act of June 26, 1931
20 (P.L.1379, No.348), referred to as the Third Class County
21 Assessment Board Law, added October 5, 1978 (P.L.1143, No.270),
22 is amended to read:
23 Section 9. * * *
24 (c) If a taxpayer has filed an appeal from an assessment, so
25 long as the appeal is pending before the board or before a court
1 on appeal from the determination of the board, as provided by
2 statute, the appeal will also be taken as an appeal by the
3 taxpayer on the subject property for any valuation for any
4 assessment subsequent to the filing of such appeal with the
5 board and prior to the determination of the appeal by the board
6 or the court. [The board shall hold its hearings and make its
7 final determination of the subsequent years in question in the
8 same manner as for the year or years for which the original
9 appeal was filed.] This provision shall be applicable to all
10 pending appeals as well as future appeals.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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