PRINTER'S NO. 2199

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1725 Session of 1985


        INTRODUCED BY MURPHY, POTT, COWELL, OLASZ, DAWIDA, MARKOSEK,
           ITKIN, MICHLOVIC, PISTELLA, IRVIS, McVERRY, PRESTON, PETRONE,
           SEVENTY, DUFFY, TRELLO AND VAN HORNE, OCTOBER 7, 1985

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 7, 1985

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of May 22, 1933 (P.L.853, No.155), entitled "An
     2     act relating to taxation; designating the subjects, property
     3     and persons subject to and exempt from taxation for all local
     4     purposes; providing for and regulating the assessment and
     5     valuation of persons, property and subjects of taxation for
     6     county purposes, and for the use of those municipal and
     7     quasi-municipal corporations which levy their taxes on county
     8     assessments and valuations; amending, revising and
     9     consolidating the law relating thereto; and repealing
    10     existing laws," providing for the periodic certification of
    11     tax-exempt property.

    12     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    13  hereby enacts as follows:
    14     Section 1.  The act of May 22, 1933 (P.L.853, No.155), known
    15  as The General County Assessment Law, is amended by adding a
    16  section to read:
    17     Section 204.1.  Periodic Certification of Tax Exempt
    18  Property.--The county assessor shall, not less frequently than
    19  every five years, certify the tax exempt status of each parcel
    20  of property for which such status is claimed under section 204.
    21     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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