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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2017 - 2018
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | July 17, 2018 11:33 AM |
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| From: | Representative Tina M. Davis |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Co-Sponsorship – Sports Betting Net Revenue for Property Tax Relief |
| Pennsylvania homeowners continue to face rising property taxes. Seniors on fixed incomes are especially challenged by this issue, particularly those who struggle to pay for food and medications and still be able to afford to keep their homes. Given this difficult and challenging situation, it is incumbent upon us as concerned public officials to do everything we can to help provide much-needed property tax relief to our citizens. As you will recall, Act 42 of 2017 amended Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to establish sports betting in this Commonwealth. My bill would amend this new statute to provide that the net revenues generated from sports betting be utilized to provide property tax relief for our citizens. As such, the 34% of daily gross sports betting revenue that is currently deposited into the General Fund would instead be deposited into the Property Tax Relief Fund. Further, the additional 2% local share assessment that sports betting hosts currently pay, which goes to the General Fund and is then distributed to the Commonwealth Financing Authority for grants for projects in the public interest, would remain intact and unchanged. Please join me in seeking to provide additional property tax relief for this Commonwealth’s homeowners. |
Introduced as HB2749