PRINTER'S NO. 1055
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
877
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, TEPLITZ, SCAVELLO, RAFFERTY, VULAKOVICH,
FOLMER, SCARNATI, STEFANO, MENSCH, WAGNER AND WARD,
JUNE 16, 2015
REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, JUNE 16, 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] (a) General rule.--Subject to the provisions of
subsection (b), 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
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