PRINTER'S NO. 1266
No. 93 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, LAVALLE, O'PAKE, MUSTO AND WAGNER,
JUNE 18, 1999
REFERRED TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, JUNE 18, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing Congress to pass legislation which bars a state
2 from imposing a tax on nonresidents which it does not impose
3 on its residents.
4 WHEREAS, The State of New York had imposed a commuter tax on
5 the incomes of all persons who work in New York City but live
6 outside the city; and
7 WHEREAS, The legislature of New York recently repealed that
8 tax, but only insofar as it applies to residents of New York
9 State; and
10 WHEREAS, Forty percent of the commuters who work in New York
11 City live in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New Jersey; and
12 WHEREAS, This repeal is grossly unfair to out-of-state
13 commuters and appears to be politically motivated and biased;
14 therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact
17 legislation which bars one state from imposing a tax on
18 nonresidents which it does not impose on its residents; and be
1 it further
2 RESOLVED, That the members of Congress from Pennsylvania be
3 urged to sponsor the bill in Congress barring the imposition of
4 such a tax; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
6 the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
7 member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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