PRINTER'S NO. 689
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
615
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, EICHELBERGER, STEFANO, FOLMER, BARTOLOTTA,
DiSANTO, MARTIN, AUMENT, RAFFERTY, WARD, WAGNER, SCARNATI AND
RESCHENTHALER, APRIL 13, 2017
REFERRED TO FINANCE, APRIL 13, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 27, 2006 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873,
No.1), entitled "An act providing for taxation by school
districts, for the State funds formula, for tax relief in
first class cities, for school district choice and voter
participation, for other school district options and for a
task force on school cost reduction; making an appropriation;
prohibiting prior authorized taxation; providing for
installment payment of taxes; restricting the power of
certain school districts to levy, assess and collect taxes;
and making related repeals," in taxation by school districts,
repealing definitions and further providing for adoption of
preliminary budget proposals, for information to school
districts, for property tax limits on reassessment and for
public referendum requirements for increasing certain taxes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "employment cost index,"
"index" and "statewide average weekly wage" in section 302 of
the act of June 27, 2006 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known
as the Taxpayer Relief Act, are repealed:
Section 302. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
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