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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, FERLO, BROWNE, HUGHES, LOGAN, ORIE, BOSCOLA, EARLL, ERICKSON, FONTANA, MUSTO, WAUGH, O'PAKE AND BAKER, MARCH 2, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 2, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of June 26, 1931 (P.L.1379, No.348), entitled, |
2 | as amended, "An act creating in counties of the second A and |
3 | third class a board for the assessment and revision of taxes; |
4 | providing for the appointment of the members of such board by |
5 | the county commissioners; providing for their salaries, |
6 | payable by the county; abolishing existing boards; defining |
7 | the powers and duties of such board; regulating the |
8 | assessment of persons, property, and occupations for county, |
9 | borough, town, township, school, and poor purposes; |
10 | authorizing the appointment of subordinate assessors, a |
11 | solicitor, engineers, and clerks; providing for their |
12 | compensation, payable by such counties; abolishing the office |
13 | of ward, borough, and township assessors, so far as the |
14 | making of assessments and valuations for taxation is |
15 | concerned; and providing for the acceptance of this act by |
16 | cities," further providing for assessment appeals. |
17 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
18 | hereby enacts as follows: |
19 | Section 1. Section 8(a) of the act of June 26, 1931 (P.L. |
20 | 1379, No.348), referred to as the Third Class County Assessment |
21 | Board Law, amended July 2, 1996 (P.L.498, No.83), is amended to |
22 | read: |
23 | Section 8. (a) (1) The assessment roll shall be open to |
24 | public inspection at the office of the board at the county seat |
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1 | during ordinary business hours of each business day from the |
2 | time of completion to and including the last day of October. |
3 | Within fifteen days of completion of the assessment roll, the |
4 | board shall give notice by publication once in one or more |
5 | newspapers published in the county that such assessment roll has |
6 | been completed and the place and times when such roll will be |
7 | open for inspection, and shall, in the same notice, state that |
8 | any person desiring to appeal from any assessment shall file |
9 | with the board, on or before the first day of September or an |
10 | earlier date if the option provided in clause (2) is exercised, |
11 | an appeal, in writing, designating the assessment appealed from. |
12 | (2) The county commissioners may designate a date no earlier |
13 | than the first day of August as the date on or before which any |
14 | person desiring to appeal from any assessment shall file with |
15 | the board an appeal, in writing, designating the assessment |
16 | appealed from, provided that the notice by publication required |
17 | under clause (1) is given at least two weeks prior to the date |
18 | designated in accordance with this clause. Notwithstanding any |
19 | other provision of law to the contrary, a board is prohibited |
20 | from imposing or assessing any type of fee relating to the |
21 | appeal. |
22 | * * * |
23 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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