PRINTER'S NO. 356

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 353 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY BROWN, MIHALICH, SATHER, BUNT, SAYLOR, TULLI,
           BAKER, VAN HORNE, ARGALL, TRELLO, COLAFELLA, PESCI, STURLA,
           ROBERTS, LAUGHLIN, TRICH, YOUNGBLOOD AND BELFANTI,
           JANUARY 26, 1995

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JANUARY 26, 1995

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of July 9, 1986 (P.L.1216, No.108), entitled
     2     "An act authorizing the Department of Community Affairs to
     3     reimburse municipalities containing enterprise zones for a
     4     proportion of taxes exempted by the municipalities on
     5     improvements to deteriorated property located within
     6     enterprise zones under municipal tax exemption programs
     7     established pursuant to the Local Economic Revitalization Tax
     8     Assistance Act and further providing that the payments so
     9     received by municipalities shall be used for community
    10     development projects and neighborhood services within the
    11     enterprise zones in which taxes are exempted," making an
    12     appropriation to create additional enterprise zones.

    13     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    14  hereby enacts as follows:
    15     Section 1.  The act of July 9, 1986 (P.L.1216, No.108), known
    16  as the Enterprise Zone Municipal Tax Exemption Reimbursement
    17  Act, is amended by adding a section to read:
    18  Section 5.1.  Appropriation.
    19     The sum of $2,000,000, or as much thereof as may be
    20  necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
    21  Department of Community Affairs to create additional enterprise
    22  zones and to provide the necessary funding to reimburse the

     1  eligible municipalities.
     2     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.



















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