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PRINTER'S NO. 3490
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2146
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANA, JUNE 9, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JUNE 9, 2016
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, prohibiting the taxation of real property.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That Article VIII be amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 18. Real property.
Beginning July 1, 2017, all taxation, assessment and
valuation of real property by the Commonwealth, or by any
authority, district, jurisdiction or political subdivision
within this Commonwealth, shall be prohibited.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
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