H1773B3802A08575 AJB:AMY 06/27/14 #90 A08575
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1773
Sponsor: SENATOR COSTA
Printer's No. 3802
1Amend Bill, page 14, by inserting between lines 5 and 6
2(1.1.) If the municipality is a city of the second
3class, a local services tax pursuant to Chapter 3 of the
4Local Tax Enabling Act at a rate not to exceed $156 after
5receiving approval of a majority of the members of the
6Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority for Cities of the
7Second Class established under the act of February 12, 2004
8(P.L.73, No.11), known as the Intergovernmental Cooperation
9Authority Act for Cities of the Second Class. A municipality
10adopting an ordinance under this paragraph shall be
11prohibited from imposing any additional tax on earned income
12pursuant to subsection (c). A municipality levying the local
13services tax at a rate in excess of $52 shall, by ordinance,
14exempt any person from the local services tax whose total
15earned income and net profits from all sources within the
16municipality is less than $15,600 for the calendar year in
17which the local services tax is levied.
18Amend Bill, page 15, by inserting between lines 27 and 28
19(1.1) A financially distressed municipality that is a
20city of the second class that has also received a
21determination that it has a financially distressed pension
22system under section 603 of the Municipal Pension Plan
23Funding Standard and Recovery Act after receiving the
24approval of a majority of the members of the
25Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority for cities of the
26second class established under the Intergovernmental
27Cooperation Authority for Cities of the Second Class Act may
28adopt an ordinance, without court approval, and as
29recommended in a plan adopted under Subchapter C or C.1 of
30Chapter 2, imposing a local services tax pursuant to Chapter
313 of the Local Tax Enabling Act at a rate not to exceed $156,
32or, in a tax year during which the income of nonresidents is
33subject to a tax above maximum rates as provided in section
34607(f) of the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and
35Recovery Act, a rate not to exceed $104. A municipality
36adopting an ordinance under this paragraph shall be
37prohibited from petitioning the court for an increase in the
1rate of taxation on the income of nonresidents under this
2section. A municipality levying the local services tax at a
3rate in excess of $52 shall, by ordinance, exempt any person
4from the local services tax whose total income and net
5profits from all sources within the municipality is less than
6$15,600 for the calendar year in which the local services tax
7is levied. In addition to the uses authorized by section 330
8of the Local Tax Enabling Act, revenue derived from a rate in
9excess of $52 may only be used for municipal purposes as
10provided in the plan.