PRINTER'S NO. 911
No. 778 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, BENNINGHOFF, BARRAR, DeWEESE, FAIRCHILD,
GORDNER, HANNA, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, LEWIS, MAHER,
McCALL, McILHATTAN, S. MILLER, SATHER, SCHRODER, TIGUE,
WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT, MARCH 10, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 10, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for earned income
3 and net profits tax.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8711 of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 8711. Earned income and net profits tax.
9 A school district shall have the power to levy, assess and
10 collect a tax on the earned income and net profits of resident
11 individuals of the school district up to a maximum rate of 1.5%.
12 The earned income and net profits tax may be levied by the
13 school district [at a rate of 1.0%, 1.25% or 1.5%] in increments
14 of one tenth of one percent.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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