PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 389
No. 350 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA, FONTANA, WONDERLING, EARLL,
ORIE, O'PAKE, COSTA, REGOLA, GREENLEAF, MUSTO, LOGAN AND
WAUGH, MARCH 12, 2007
REFERRED TO FINANCE, MARCH 12, 2007
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, further providing for exemptions from and
3 special provisions relating to taxation.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
8 (1) That section 2 of Article VIII be amended by adding a
9 subsection to read:
10 § 2. Exemptions and special provisions.
11 * * *
12 (d) Any person who is a citizen and resident of this
13 Commonwealth and volunteers and serves at least 100 hours
14 annually for at least two years consecutively as a volunteer
15 firefighter or emergency medical technician shall be exempt from
16 the payment of 15% of any real property taxes imposed by a
17 political subdivision upon the residence occupied by that
1 person.
2 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
3 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
4 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
5 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
6 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
7 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
8 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
9 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
10 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
11 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
12 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
13 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
14 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
15 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
16 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
17 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
18 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
19 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
20 primary, general or municipal election which meets the
21 requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
22 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least
23 three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is
24 passed by the General Assembly.
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