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A03216
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
71
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY WARNER, DAVANZO, DIAMOND, DUNBAR, ECKER, GAYDOS,
GROVE, HAMM, IRVIN, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, R. MACKENZIE,
O'NEAL, ROTHMAN, ROWE, RYAN, SANKEY, TOPPER, WHEELAND,
M. MACKENZIE, BERNSTINE AND BOROWICZ, JANUARY 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 11, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment separate and distinct amendments to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in taxation
and finance, further providing for uniformity of taxation,
eliminating real property taxation and providing for
graduated personal income taxation as replacement for real
property taxation; and providing for spending limitations on
the Commonwealth.
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 Article VIII be amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1. The following separate and distinct amendments to
the Constitution of Pennsylvania are proposed in accordance with
Article XI:
(1) That Section 1 of Article VIII be amended to read:
§ 1. Uniformity of taxation[.]; elimination of real property
taxation; and graduated personal income taxation as
replacement for real property taxatio n.
[All] (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all taxes
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