Pennsylvania House Bill 599 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on March 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-24 - Referred to FINANCE
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act providing for tax levies and information related to taxes; authorizing the imposition of a personal income tax or an earned income tax by a school district subject to voter approval; providing for education tax and for imposition of and exclusions from a sales and use tax for the elimination of residential property taxes; establishing the Public Transportation Reserve Fund; providing for increase to the personal income tax, for certain licenses, for hotel occupancy tax, for procedure and administration of the tax, for expiration of authority to issue certain debt and for reporting by local government units of debt outstanding; establishing the Residential Property Tax Elimination Fund; providing for disbursements from this fund and for certain rebates and assistance to senior citizens; and repealing certain provisions of The Local Tax Enabling Act, sales tax provisions of the Tax Reform Code of 1971 and earned income tax of the Taxpayer Relief Act.

Providing for tax levies and information related to taxes; authorizing the imposition of a personal income tax or an earned income tax by a school district subject to voter approval; providing for education tax and for imposition of and exclusions from a sales and use tax for the elimination of residential property taxes; establishing the Public Transportation Reserve Fund; providing for increase to the personal income tax, for certain licenses, for hotel occupancy tax, for procedure and administration of the tax, for expiration of authority to issue certain debt and for reporting by local government units of debt outstanding; establishing the Residential Property Tax Elimination Fund; providing for disbursements from this fund and for certain rebates and assistance to senior citizens; and repealing certain provisions of The Local Tax Enabling Act, sales tax provisions of the Tax Reform Code of 1971 and earned income tax of the Taxpayer Relief Act.

Rep. Keith Gillespie [R]

Rep. Robert Kauffman [R]

Rep. Stephen Barrar [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-24	House	Referred to FINANCE

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2015&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=599
Text	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2015&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0599&pn=0988