Bill Text: PA HB640 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In taxation by school districts, further providing for public referendum requirements for increasing certain taxes.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-27 - Referred to FINANCE [HB640 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB640-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 702
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 640 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, BARRAR, BOYD, ELLIS, HESS, LONGIETTI, MILLER, MURT, O'NEILL, RAPP, READSHAW, ROCK, ROHRER, SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, STERN AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 27, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 27, 2009
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,
further providing for public referendum requirements for
increasing certain taxes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 333(f)(2) of the act of June 27, 2006
(1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Taxpayer Relief
Act, is amended by adding a subparagraph to read:
Section 333. Public referendum requirements for increasing
certain taxes.
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(f) Referendum exceptions.--A school district may, without
seeking voter approval under subsection (c), increase the rate
of a tax levied for the support of the public schools by more
than the index if all of the following apply:
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(2) The revenue generated by increasing the rate of a
tax by more than the index will be used to pay for any of the
following:
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(x) Cost incurred by a school district for providing
vocational education to students if the increase in cost
incurred by the school district for vocational education
is greater than the index. The dollar amount of this
exception shall be equal to the portion of the increase
that exceeds the index. The cost incurred by the school
district shall not include any payments to the school
district as determined by section 2502.8 of the act of
March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public
School Code of 1949.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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