PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 1519
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1299
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY FIEDLER, ZABEL, SCHLOSSBERG, SOLOMON, LEE,
KENYATTA, RABB, A. DAVIS, DAWKINS, CARROLL, MADDEN, T. DAVIS,
HOHENSTEIN, HILL-EVANS, INNAMORATO, McCLINTON AND FREEMAN,
APRIL 25, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, APRIL 25, 2019
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, repealing provisions relating to uniformity
of taxation.
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That section 1 of Article VIII be repealed:
[ยง 1. Uniformity of taxation.
All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects,
within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax,
and shall be levied and collected under general laws.]
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
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