PRINTER'S NO. 1989
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1681
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY GALLOWAY, MARCELL, T. DAVIS, GILLEN, MADDEN,
MALAGARI, JAMES, NEILSON, BRENNAN AND LABS,
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
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every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
providing for Department of Community and Economic
Development.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1719-E of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 1719-E. Department of Community and Economic
Development.
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(a.2) Substitution.--The department may approve a
substitution of one or more parcels designated under subsection
(a.1) for other parcels creating a new subzone if the new
subzone is substantially similar in acreage and is adjacent to
the original subzone. The new subzone shall expire on December
31, 2035. A political subdivision or a designee may submit an
application to substitute parcels under this subsection to the
department no later than 60 days after the effective date of
this subsection. An application under this subsection shall be
on a form as prescribed by the department and shall be made to
the department in accordance with section 302(a)(1), (2) and (5)
of the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion
Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act . The
application under this subsection shall include the consent of
the owner of the parcel being removed from the subzone
designated under subsection (a.1). The department shall certify
the substitution no later than 90 days after the effective date
of this subsection. The substitution shall be deemed to be
effective as of January 1, 2023.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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