PRINTER'S NO. 2395
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1647
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HARPER, OCTOBER 19, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 19, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in consolidated county assessment,
further providing for appeals by taxing districts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8855 of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 8855. Appeals by taxing districts.
A taxing district shall have the right to appeal any
assessment within its jurisdiction in the same manner, subject
to the same procedure and with like effect as if the appeal were
taken by a taxable person with respect to the assessment, and,
in addition, may take an appeal from any decision of the board
or court of common pleas as though it had been a party to the
proceedings before the board or court even though it was not a
party in fact. A taxing district authority may intervene in any
appeal by a taxable person under section 8854 (relating to
appeals to court) as a matter of right. A taxing district shall
be expressly precluded from filing an appeal on a property that
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is qualified to enroll under Subchapter F of Chapter 85
(relating to homestead property exclusion).
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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