PRINTER'S NO. 1562

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1346 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, FICHTER, BELARDI, MELIO, LUCYK, SERAFINI,
           STISH, SAYLOR, DRUCE, CORRIGAN, GODSHALL, RUBLEY, STERN,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, ZIMMERMAN, TRELLO, BAKER, CARONE, MERRY AND
           LAUGHLIN, APRIL 19, 1995

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 19, 1995

                                     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," changing the date of appeal.

    17     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    18  hereby enacts as follows:
    19     Section 1.  Section 8(a) of the act of June 26, 1931
    20  (P.L.1379, No.348), referred to as the Third Class County
    21  Assessment Board Law, amended July 19, 1991 (P.L.91, No.21), is
    22  amended to read:
    23     Section 8.  (a)  The assessment roll shall be open to public
    24  inspection at the office of the board at the county seat during

     1  ordinary business hours of each business day from the time of
     2  completion to and including the last day of October. Within
     3  fifteen days of completion of the assessment roll, the board
     4  shall give notice by publication once in one or more newspapers
     5  published in the county that such assessment roll has been
     6  completed and the place and times when such roll will be open
     7  for inspection, and shall, in the same notice, state that any
     8  person desiring to appeal from any assessment shall file with
     9  the board, on or before the first day of [September] August, an
    10  appeal, in writing, designating the assessment appealed from.
    11     * * *
    12     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.












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