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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 768, 890 | PRINTER'S NO. 1135 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, MUSTO, WONDERLING, KITCHEN, M. WHITE, ERICKSON, WARD, FOLMER, ALLOWAY, WILLIAMS, DINNIMAN, O'PAKE, VOGEL, PICCOLA, BOSCOLA AND FERLO, MARCH 27, 2009 |
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| AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, JUNE 8, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An |
2 | act relating to the public school system, including certain |
3 | provisions applicable as well to private and parochial |
4 | schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the |
5 | laws relating thereto," further providing for facilities. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Section 1722-A of the act of March 10, 1949 |
9 | (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, |
10 | amended or added June 19, 1997 (P.L.225, No.22) and July 9, 2008 |
11 | (P.L.846, No.61) and repealed in part July 4, 2004 (P.L.536, |
12 | No.70) is amended to read: |
13 | Section 1722-A. Facilities.--(a) A charter school may be |
14 | located in an existing public school building, in a part of an |
15 | existing public school building, in space provided on a |
16 | privately owned site, in a public building or in any other |
17 | suitable location. |
18 | (b) The charter school facility shall be exempt from public |
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1 | school facility regulations except those pertaining to the |
2 | health or safety of the pupils. |
3 | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a |
4 | school district of the first class may, in its discretion, |
5 | permit a charter school to operate its school at more than one |
6 | location. |
7 | (e) All school property owned by any charter school or cyber | <-- |
8 | charter school or leased to a charter school or cyber charter |
9 | school, real and personal, that is occupied and used by any |
10 | charter school or cyber charter school for public school, |
11 | recreation or any other purposes provided for by this act, shall |
12 | be, and hereby is, made exempt from every kind of State, county, |
13 | city, borough, township or other tax, as well as from all costs |
14 | or expenses for paving, curbing, sidewalks, sewers or other |
15 | municipal improvements: Provided, That any charter school or |
16 | cyber charter school or owner of property leased to a charter |
17 | school or cyber charter school may make any municipal |
18 | improvement in any street on which its school property abuts or |
19 | may contribute any sum toward the cost thereof. |
20 | (e) All school property, real and personal, owned by any | <-- |
21 | charter school, cyber charter school or an associated nonprofit |
22 | foundation, or leased to a charter school or cyber charter |
23 | school at or below fair market value, that is occupied and used |
24 | by any charter school or cyber charter school for public school, |
25 | recreation or any other purposes provided for by this act, shall |
26 | be made exempt from every kind of State, county, city, borough, |
27 | township or other tax, as well as from all costs or expenses for |
28 | paving, curbing, sidewalks, sewers or other municipal |
29 | improvements: Provided, That any charter school or cyber charter |
30 | school or owner of property leased to a charter school or cyber |
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1 | charter school may make a municipal improvement in a street on |
2 | which its school property abuts or may contribute a sum toward |
3 | the cost of the improvement. This exemption shall apply only |
4 | where a charter school, cyber charter school or an associated |
5 | nonprofit foundation is responsible for payment of the |
6 | aforementioned taxes, costs or expenses. |
7 | Section 2. The amendment of section 1722-A of the act shall |
8 | apply retroactively to the effective date of Article XVII-A. |
9 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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