PRINTER'S NO. 814
No. 750 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY CORNELL, PESCI, DALEY, TIGUE, SCHEETZ, FICHTER AND
E. Z. TAYLOR, MARCH 22, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, MARCH 22, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 26, 1931 (P.L.1379, No.348), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act creating in counties of the second A and
3 third class a board for the assessment and revision of taxes;
4 providing for the appointment of the members of such board by
5 the county commissioners; providing for their salaries,
6 payable by the county; abolishing existing boards; defining
7 the powers and duties of such board; regulating the
8 assessment of persons, property, and occupations for county,
9 borough, town, township, school, and poor purposes;
10 authorizing the appointment of subordinate assessors, a
11 solicitor, engineers, and clerks; providing for their
12 compensation, payable by such counties; abolishing the office
13 of ward, borough, and township assessors, so far as the
14 making of assessments and valuations for taxation is
15 concerned; and providing for the acceptance of this act by
16 cities," further providing for appointments to the Board of
17 Assessment Appeals.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of June 26, 1931 (P.L.1379,
21 No.348), referred to as the Third Class County Assessment Board
22 Law, amended December 14, 1967 (P.L.851, No.373) and November
23 19, 1968 (P.L.1073, No.327), is amended to read:
24 Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in all counties of the
25 second A and third class in this Commonwealth, there is hereby
1 created a board, to be known as the Board of Assessment Appeals,
2 which shall be composed of three members. The members of said
3 board shall be appointed by the county commissioners of such
4 counties to serve for terms of four years each. Vacancies
5 happening in said office shall be filled by appointment by the
6 county commissioners for the unexpired terms. In no event shall
7 a county commissioner be permitted to cast a vote for himself
8 for appointment to the board. The salary of the members of said
9 board shall be fixed by the salary board of the county.
10 The terms of office of any persons now acting as members of
11 any such board for the assessment and revision of taxes in any
12 such county of the third class shall cease and terminate, and
13 the duties and terms of the borough, ward, and township
14 assessors in such counties, so far as assessments for taxation
15 are concerned, shall cease and terminate upon the passage and
16 approval of this act by the Governor.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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