PRINTER'S NO. 249
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
278
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY RADER, FREEMAN, NEILSON, GALLOWAY, MILLARD, CIRESI
AND ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 27, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 27, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Titles 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) and 11
(Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
taxation and finance, further providing for tax levy; and, in
taxation, further providing for tax levies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1302(a) of Title 8 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 1302. Tax levy.
(a) Authority.--The council of the borough shall have power,
by resolution for taxes levied at the same rate as or a rate
lower than the previous fiscal year, and by ordinance if the tax
rate increases from the previous fiscal year, to levy and
collect annually a tax not exceeding 30 mills for general
borough purposes, unless the council by majority action, upon
due cause shown by resolution, petitions the court of common
pleas, in which case the court may order a rate of not more than
five mills additional to be levied and in addition any of the
following taxes:
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(11) For the purpose of supporting a local police
department, not to exceed three mills, only following a
favorable referendum on the matter held in accordance with
the election laws of this Commonwealth.
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Section 2. Section 12531(a) of Title 11 is amended by adding
a paragraph to read:
§ 12531. Tax levies.
(a) Property tax.--Council may, by resolution for taxes
levied at the same rate as or a rate lower than the previous
fiscal year, and by ordinance if the tax rate increases from the
previous fiscal year, levy and, in accordance with this part,
provide for the collection of taxes on all property within the
city that is made taxable for city purposes and subject to
valuation and assessment by the county assessment office or the
city, as provided in Subchapter A (relating to assessments of
property for taxation), as follows:
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(6) An annual tax, not to exceed three mills, for the
support of the city police department, only following a
favorable referendum on the matter held in accordance with
the election laws of this Commonwealth.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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