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PRINTER'S NO. 296
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
317
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY GORDNER, ALLOWAY, J. WARD, BAKER, K. WARD AND
BROWNE, FEBRUARY 22, 2019
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 22, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), entitled "An
act concerning townships of the second class; and amending,
revising, consolidating and changing the law relating
thereto," in taxation and finance, further providing for
annual budget.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3202(a) of act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103,
No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, is amended to
read:
Section 3202. Annual Budget.--(a) The board of supervisors
shall annually prepare a proposed budget for all funds for the
ensuing fiscal year. The proposed budget shall reflect as nearly
as possible the estimated revenues and expenses of the township
for the year for which the budget is prepared. A township shall
not prepare and advertise notice of a proposed budget when it is
knowingly inaccurate. Upon any revision of the proposed budget,
if the estimated revenues or expenses in the final budget are
increased more than ten percent in the aggregate or more than
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twenty-five percent in any major category over the proposed
budget, it may not be legally adopted with those increases
unless it is again advertised once[, the same as the original
proposed budget,] at least ten days before adoption and an
opportunity given to taxpayers to examine the amended proposed
budget. A major category is a group of related revenue or
expense items, the combined total of which is listed as a line
item. [The budget shall be prepared on a uniform form prepared
and furnished under section 3203.] The estimates in the budget
shall specify the amount of money necessary for each
governmental activity of the township for which a special tax
levy may or may not be authorized and the amount of money
necessary for the payment of debts and other miscellaneous
purposes.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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