Bill Text: PA HR320 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: A Concurrent Resolution establishing a task force to develop criteria and procedures for data submission and verification to address insufficient sample data and to assure and/or disclose that the sample data relied on to develop a county's performance measure during a reassessment is representative of the bulk of the county's property inventory.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-06 - Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT [HR320 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR320-Introduced.html

---

PRINTER'S NO. 2006
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 320 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, JUNE 6, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 6, 2011
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing a task force to develop criteria and procedures for
data submission and verification to address insufficient
sample data and to assure and/or disclose that the sample
data relied on to develop a county's performance measure
during a reassessment is representative of the bulk of the
county's property inventory.
WHEREAS, At the direction of the House of Representatives
through House Resolution 334 of 2009, the Legislative Budget and
Finance Committee (LBFC) prepared a report on Pennsylvania's
System for Property Valuation and Reassessment and issued it in
2010; and
WHEREAS, The report includes a number of recommendations to
enhance the current system, including the development of
criteria and procedures for data submission and verification to
address insufficient sample data and to assure and/or disclose
that the sample data relied on to develop a county's performance
measure during a reassessment is representative of the bulk of
the county's property inventory; and
WHEREAS, According to the LBFC report, the appraisal
performance measures published by the State Tax Equalization
- 1 -
Board are used by: taxpayers and local governments in property
assessment appeals, the Department of Revenue for certain State
realty transfer taxes and the courts when considering county
assessment uniformity; and
WHEREAS, Despite this, the State Tax Equalization Board has
not been charged or provided the necessary resources to assure
that data used to develop the measures are consistently reported
by all counties and are representative of the bulk of the
county's property inventory, both sold and unsold properties;
and
WHEREAS, County property inventories, moreover, are
substantially different and the differences currently are not
taken into account in the development of a county's performance
measures; therefore be it
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
direct the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Majority Leader
of the House of Representatives to appoint a task force to
develop criteria and procedures for data submission and
verification to address insufficient sample data and to assure
and/or disclose that the sample data relied on to develop a
county's performance measure during a reassessment is
representative of the bulk of the county's property inventory;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the membership of the task force be made up
of:
(1) Two representatives from the State Tax Equalization
Board appointed from a list submitted by the State Tax
Equalization Board to the President pro tempore of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(2) Two representatives from the Department of Revenue
- 2 -
appointed from a list submitted by the department to the
President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives; and
(3) Two representatives from the Assessors' Association
of Pennsylvania appointed from a list submitted by the
association to the President pro tempore of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the task force be staffed by the Local
Government Commission; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the task force be charged with developing
criteria and procedures for data submission and verification to
address insufficient sample data and to assure and/or disclose
that the sample data relied on to develop a county's performance
measure during a reassessment is representative of the bulk of
the county's property inventory; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the task force report its results and present
its findings to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk
of the House of Representatives within six months of the
adoption of this concurrent resolution.
- 3 -