PRINTER'S NO. 533
No. 506 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY ULIANA AND WOZNIAK, FEBRUARY 14, 1997
REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, FEBRUARY 14, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), entitled
2 "An act relating to cities of the third class; and amending,
3 revising, and consolidating the law relating thereto,"
4 defining delinquent local taxes as thirty days after the
5 final deadline for paying the taxes.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 2541 of the act of June 23, 1931
9 (P.L.932, No.317), known as The Third Class City Code, reenacted
10 and amended June 28, 1951 (P.L.662, No.164), is amended to read:
11 Section 2541. Public Sale of Property to Satisfy Tax
12 Claims.--(a) In addition to other remedies provided for the
13 collection of delinquent city taxes, the city treasurer may sell
14 at public sale, in the manner hereinafter provided, any property
15 upon which the taxes, assessed and levied, have not been paid
16 and have become delinquent, unless such property has already
17 been purchased and is held for the benefit of all the tax
18 levying authorities concerned.
19 (b) For purposes of this section, taxes shall be considered
1 delinquent thirty days after the final deadline for payment of
2 such taxes for the current tax year.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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