PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 2093
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1851
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, HENNESSEY, SAMUELSON, SCHLOSSBERG,
ISAACSON, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, N. NELSON, KIM, INNAMORATO,
FITZGERALD, DELLOSO AND McNEILL, SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for exemptions and special
provisions relating to taxation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 2(b) of Article VIII be amended by adding a
clause to read:
ยง 2. Exemptions and special provisions.
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(b) The General Assembly may, by law:
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(vii) Establish standards and qualifications to exempt a
taxpayer from the payment of the portion of real property tax
levied by a local taxing authority on the homestead property of
the taxpayer that exceeds a percentage threshold amount of the
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