PRINTER'S NO. 3074
No. 2399 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY CAWLEY, FEBRUARY 5, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 5, 1992
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 28, 1967 (P.L.122, No.32), entitled "An
2 act authorizing and empowering city treasurers of cities of
3 the second class A to sell at public sale, lands or real
4 estate upon which the taxes, assessed and levied by the city,
5 are delinquent and unpaid; fixing the interests of all taxing
6 authorities where such lands are purchased by the city;
7 providing for the distribution of moneys received as income
8 from or resale of such lands; and providing for a method of
9 reselling such lands purchased, by the city, or by the city
10 at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, free and clear of
11 all mortgages, ground rents, interest in or claims against
12 said lands; authorizing an agreement between cities of the
13 second class A purchasing property at treasurer's sales and
14 all other taxing authorities having an interest in such lands
15 with respect to the distribution of rents, income and the
16 proceeds of the resale of such lands," authorizing certain
17 county treasurers to publicly sell property upon which taxes
18 have not been paid and have become delinquent.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of June 28, 1967 (P.L.122,
22 No.32), entitled "An act authorizing and empowering city
23 treasurers of cities of the second class A to sell at public
24 sale, lands or real estate upon which the taxes, assessed and
25 levied by the city, are delinquent and unpaid; fixing the
1 interests of all taxing authorities where such lands are
2 purchased by the city; providing for the distribution of moneys
3 received as income from or resale of such lands; and providing
4 for a method of reselling such lands purchased, by the city, or
5 by the city at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, free and
6 clear of all mortgages, ground rents, interest in or claims
7 against said lands; authorizing an agreement between cities of
8 the second class A purchasing property at treasurer's sales and
9 all other taxing authorities having an interest in such lands
10 with respect to the distribution of rents, income and the
11 proceeds of the resale of such lands," is amended to read:
12 Section 1. In addition to the remedies now provided by law
13 for the collection of delinquent city taxes, the [city
14 treasurers of] county treasurer of a county in which cities of
15 the second class A of this Commonwealth [are hereby authorized
16 and empowered to] are located may sell at public sale, in the
17 manner hereinafter provided, property upon which the taxes,
18 assessed and levied, have not been paid and have become
19 delinquent. Such sales shall be made on the first Monday in June
20 in the year succeeding the year in which the respective taxes
21 are assessed and levied, or on any day to which such sale may be
22 adjourned, or on any first Monday of June in any succeeding
23 year.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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