Pennsylvania House Resolution 334 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-11)
Status: Passed on June 24 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-06-24 - Amended and Adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, in conjunction with the Local Government Commission and the State Tax Equalization Board, to request the assistance of the Assessors and County Commissioners Associations of Pennsylvania to conduct a study of the Commonwealth's fragmented system of property tax assessment, compare it to real property tax systems of other states, including specifically the real property tax reassessment systems of Maryland and California, and identify measures to make the Pennsylvania system more uniform, transparent, cost effective and acceptable to the taxpayer, as well as determining the impact of adopting the Maryland system; and directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to request the assistance of the Assessors and County Commissioners Associations of Pennsylvania to conduct an additional study regarding the Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of 1974 in order to determine its Statewide impact.

Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, in conjunction with the Local Government Commission and the State Tax Equalization Board, to request the assistance of the Assessors and County Commissioners Associations of Pennsylvania to conduct a study of the Commonwealth's fragmented system of property tax assessment, compare it to real property tax systems of other states, including specifically the real property tax reassessment systems of Maryland and California, and identify measures to make the Pennsylvania system more uniform, transparent, cost effective and acceptable to the taxpayer, as well as determining the impact of adopting the Maryland system; and directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to request the assistance of the Assessors and County Commissioners Associations of Pennsylvania to conduct an additional study regarding the Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of 1974 in order to determine its Statewide impact.

Rep. Dominic Costa [D]	Rep. Paul Costa [D]	Rep. Frank Dermody [D]	Rep. Dan Frankel [D]
Rep. Robert Freeman [D]	Rep. Jaret Gibbons [D]	Rep. Mauree Gingrich [R]	Rep. Richard Grucela [D]
Rep. Gary Haluska [D]	Rep. Tom Houghton [D]	Rep. William Kortz [D]	Rep. David Levdansky [D]
Rep. Kathy Manderino [D]	Rep. Joseph Markosek [D]	Sen. Robert Mensch [R]	Rep. David Millard [R]
Rep. Duane Milne [R]	Rep. Dan Moul [R]	Rep. Phyllis Mundy [D]	Rep. Kevin Murphy [D]
Rep. Thomas Murt [R]	Rep. Marguerite Quinn [R]	Rep. Harry Readshaw [D]	Sen. Mario Scavello [R]
Rep. John Siptroth [D]	Rep. Ken Smith [D]	Sen. Timothy Solobay [D]	Rep. Edward Staback [D]
Rep. Michael Sturla [D]	Rep. RoseMarie Swanger [R]	Sen. Randy Vulakovich [R]	Rep. Chelsa Wagner [D]
Rep. Don Walko [D]	Rep. Ronald Waters [D]	Rep. Jesse White [D]	Rep. Rosita Youngblood [D]
Sen. John Yudichak [R]

2009-06-24 - House - HR 334 PN 2007 (Y: 195 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-24		Amended and Adopted
2009-06-09		Reported as committed
2009-06-05		Referred to FINANCE

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2009&sind=0&body=H&type=R&bn=334
Text	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=R&billNbr=0334&pn=2007
Text	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=R&billNbr=0334&pn=2292
Roll Call	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2009&sess_ind=0&rc_body=H&rc_nbr=548