S1412B2285A08490       BIL:JMM 07/01/08    #90             A08490
                       AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1412
                                    Sponsor:  REPRESENTATIVE CLYMER
                                           Printer's No. 2285

     1       Amend Title, page 1, line 17, by striking out "and" where it
     2    appears the first time
     3       Amend Title, page 1, line 20, by removing the period after
     4    "taxes" and inserting
     5               ; and providing for licensed facilities within cities
     6               of first class.

     7       Amend Bill, page 16, by inserting between lines 26 and 27
     8    Section 908.  Licensed facilities within cities of first class.
     9       (a)  General rule.--No person shall be eligible to apply for
    10    any tax exemption, deduction, abatement, credit or other tax
    11    benefit under this act or the act of December 1, 1977 (P.L.237,
    12    No.76), known as the Local Economic Revitalization Tax
    13    Assistance Act, for any parcel within a city of the first class
    14    that is contiguous with a navigable waterway, if the parcel is
    15    to be used in whole or in part for a licensed facility as
    16    defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions) or any
    17    other similar type of facility authorized under the laws of this
    18    Commonwealth, unless the following conditions have been
    19    satisfied:
    20           (1)  the applicant has obtained an easement, right-of-
    21       way, license or lease pursuant to an act of the General
    22       Assembly, enacted following the effective date of this
    23       section, for the use, occupancy or development of the
    24       contiguous submerged lands; and
    25           (2)  the applicant has made payment to the Commonwealth
    26       for the use, occupancy or development of the contiguous
    27       submerged lands in an amount established by the General
    28       Assembly.
    29       (b)  Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
    30    construed to:
    31           (1)  Invalidate a waiver of the exemptions, deductions,
    32       abatements or credits granted under the act of October 6,
    33       1998 (P.L.705, No.92), known as the Keystone Opportunity
    34       Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone
    35       Opportunity Improvement Zone Act, pursuant to 4 Pa.C.S. §
    36       1304 (relating to category 2 slot machine license) or 1305
    37       (relating to category 3 slot machine license).
    38           (2)  Affect the provisions of 4 Pa.C.S. § 1507 (relating

     1       to inapplicability of Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone
     2       Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity
     3       Improvement Zone Act).

     4       Amend Sec. 7, page 16, line 27, by striking out "7" and
     5    inserting
     6               8
     7       Amend Sec. 8, page 16, line 29, by striking out "8" and
     8    inserting
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