PRINTER'S NO. 3489
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2145
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANA, JUNE 9, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JUNE 9, 2016
AN ACT
Prohibiting a county, city or school district from levying,
assessing or collecting any tax on real property; and
repealing provisions relating to taxes on real property.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Property Tax
Elimination Act.
Section 2. Real property tax elimination.
A county, city or school district may not levy, assess or
collect any tax on real property on or after July 1, 2017.
Section 3. Repeals.
(a) Intent.--The General Assembly declares that the repeals
under subsection (b) are necessary to effectuate this act.
(b) Provisions.--The following acts and parts of acts are
repealed:
(1) Section 631 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is repealed.
(2) Any provision of the Public School Code of 1949 and
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of any other law relating to the authority of any school
district to levy, assess and collect any tax on real property
and the power of any city of the first class to levy, assess
and collect any tax on real property.
(3) Any provision of the Public School Code of 1949 and
any other law relating to debt is repealed to the extent that
it is inconsistent with this act.
(4) Any provision of the Public School Code of 1949 and
any home rule charter adopted pursuant to the Public School
Code of 1949 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with
this act.
(5) Any provision of the act of August 9, 1963 (P.L.643,
No.341), known as the First Class City Public Education Home
Rule Act, and any home rule school district charter adopted
pursuant to the First Class City Public Education Home Rule
Act is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with this act.
(6) Any provision of the act of June 27, 2006 (1st
Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Taxpayer Relief Act,
is repealed to the extent that it is inconsistent with this
act.
(7) All acts and parts of acts that are inconsistent
with this act are repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
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