PRINTER'S NO. 1691
No. 1463 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY J. L. WRIGHT, JR., JUNE 6, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 6, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581),
2 entitled "An act concerning boroughs, and revising, amending
3 and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," increasing
4 amount of levy permitted for fire protection.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Clause (6) of section 1302, act of February 1,
8 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as "The Borough Code,"
9 amended July 16, 1975 (P.L.74, No.44), is amended to read:
10 Section 1302. Tax Levy.--The council of the borough shall
11 have power, by ordinance, to levy and collect annually, a tax,
12 not exceeding thirty mills for general borough purposes, unless
13 the council by majority action shall, upon due cause shown by
14 resolution, petition the court of common pleas, in which case
15 the court may order a rate of not more than five mills
16 additional to be levied and in addition thereto any of the
17 following taxes:
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19 (6) For the purchase of fire engines, fire apparatus and
1 fire hose for the use of the borough, or for assisting any fire
2 company in the borough in the purchase, renewal or repair of any
3 of its fire engines, fire apparatus or fire hose, for the
4 purposes of making appropriations to fire companies both within
5 and without the borough and of contracting with adjacent
6 municipalities or volunteer fire companies therein for fire
7 protection, or for the purchase of land upon which to erect a
8 fire house, or for the erection and maintenance of a fire house
9 or fire houses, not exceeding [three] five mills. If an annual
10 tax for the purposes specified in this clause is proposed to be
11 set at a level higher than [three] five mills, the question
12 shall be submitted to the voters of the borough, and the county
13 board of elections shall frame the question in accordance with
14 the election laws of the Commonwealth for submission to the
15 voters of the borough;
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17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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