Bill Text: PA SB1335 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for auxiliary boards and for alternate members.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-30 - Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT [SB1335 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1335-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1915
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1335 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, YAW, RAFFERTY, MUSTO, FERLO, ERICKSON, WARD, BOSCOLA AND BRUBAKER, APRIL 30, 2010
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 30, 2010
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 26, 1931 (P.L.1379, No.348), entitled,
as amended, "An act creating in counties of the second A and
third class a board for the assessment and revision of taxes;
providing for the appointment of the members of such board by
the county commissioners; providing for their salaries,
payable by the county; abolishing existing boards; defining
the powers and duties of such board; regulating the
assessment of persons, property, and occupations for county,
borough, town, township, school, and poor purposes;
authorizing the appointment of subordinate assessors, a
solicitor, engineers, and clerks; providing for their
compensation, payable by such counties; abolishing the office
of ward, borough, and township assessors, so far as the
making of assessments and valuations for taxation is
concerned; and providing for the acceptance of this act by
cities," further providing for auxiliary boards and for
alternate members.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of the act of June 26, 1931 (P.L.1379,
No.348), amended April 22, 1997 (P.L.70, No.4) and June 22, 1999
(P.L.120, No.20), referred to as the Third Class County
Assessment Board Law, is amended to read:
Section 1. (a) In all counties of the second A and third
class in this Commonwealth, there is hereby created a board, to
be known as the Board of Assessment Appeals, which shall be
composed of three members. The members of said board shall be
appointed by the county commissioners of such counties to serve
for terms of four years each. Vacancies happening in said office
shall be filled by appointment by the county commissioners for
the unexpired terms. The salary of the members of said board
shall be fixed by the salary board of the county.
(b) In conjunction with a countywide revision of assessments
involving either a change in the established predetermined ratio
or revaluing the properties and applying the predetermined ratio
or in conjunction with hearing and determining appeals by a
person aggrieved by an assessment in accordance with section
8(c) or in conjunction with the homestead exclusion under 53
Pa.C.S. Ch. 85 Subch. F (relating to homestead property
exclusion), known as the Homestead Property Exclusion Program
Act, the county commissioners may create up to four temporary
auxiliary appeal boards, each to be known as an auxiliary appeal
board. The term of existence for an auxiliary appeal board shall
be the period of time required by the auxiliary appeal board to
hear and determine appeals from new assessment values in
accordance with section 8(g) and appeals taken from assessments
in the next succeeding year or the period of time required to
hear and determine appeals by a person aggrieved by an
assessment in accordance with section 8(d) or the period of time
required to hear and determine appeals arising from application
for the homestead exclusion. An auxiliary appeal board shall be
composed of three members who shall be appointed by the county
commissioners to serve for the time that the auxiliary appeal
board is in existence. Members of an auxiliary appeal board
shall be competent and qualified residents of the county.
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Vacancies on an auxiliary appeal board shall be filled by
appointment by the county commissioners for the duration of the
auxiliary appeal board's existence, but the unavailability of a
member of the board for a scheduled hearing for which an
alternate member may be appointed in accordance with subsection
(c) shall not be considered a vacancy on the board. Any salary
of members of an auxiliary appeal board shall be fixed by the
salary board of the county. The authority of an auxiliary appeal
board shall be limited to hearing and determining appeals from
assessments in accordance with the provisions of this act and
the rules and regulations established pursuant to section 5.
(c) In addition to the appointment of three members to each
auxiliary appeal board created in accordance with subsection
(b), the county commissioners may appoint no more than eight
alternate members, each of whom may serve as directed by the
board of assessment appeals on any auxiliary appeal board in the
event that a member of an auxiliary appeal board is unavailable
for a scheduled hearing by reason of being absent, having a
conflict or being disqualified. Alternate members shall be
appointed for the same length of time as any auxiliary appeal
board is in existence. Any salary of alternate members shall be
fixed by the salary board of the county when serving on an
auxiliary appeal board. An alternate member shall have the same
authority as a member appointed under subsection (b) to
participate in the hearing and determination of appeals [from
assessments after a countywide revision of assessments].
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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