PRINTER'S NO. 1935

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1634 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY GLADECK, L. I. COHEN, REBER, FICHTER, McGILL,
           LAWLESS, CORNELL AND SHEEHAN, MAY 10, 1995

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 10, 1995

                                     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," further providing for exemptions from
    11     taxation.

    12     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    13  hereby enacts as follows:
    14     Section 1.  Section 204(a)(1) of the act of May 22, 1933
    15  (P.L.853, No.155), known as The General County Assessment Law,
    16  amended September 22, 1972 (P.L.868, No.197), is amended to
    17  read:
    18     Section 204.  Exemptions from Taxation.--(a)  The following
    19  property shall be exempt from all county, city, borough, town,
    20  township, road, poor and school tax, to wit:
    21     (1)  All churches, meeting-houses, [or] other actual places
    22  of regularly stated religious worship, and church parsonages,

     1  with the ground thereto annexed necessary for the occupancy and
     2  enjoyment of the same;
     3     * * *
     4     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.


















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