Bill Text: PA SB579 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for referendum requirements.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-06 - Referred to FINANCE [SB579 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB579-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 609
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 579 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, BOSCOLA, ORIE, ALLOWAY, WAUGH, PILEGGI, WOZNIAK, EARLL, RAFFERTY AND WONDERLING, MARCH 6, 2009
REFERRED TO FINANCE, MARCH 6, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 27, 2006 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873,
No.1), entitled "An act providing for taxation by school
districts, for the State funds formula, for tax relief in
first class cities, for school district choice and voter
participation, for other school district options and for a
task force on school cost reduction; making an appropriation;
prohibiting prior authorized taxation; providing for
installment payment of taxes; restricting the power of
certain school districts to levy, assess and collect taxes;
and making related repeals," further providing for referendum
requirements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 333 of the act of June 27, 2006 (1st
Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Taxpayer Relief Act, is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 333. Public referendum requirements for increasing
certain taxes.
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(b.1) Educational subsidy.--If the board of directors of a
school district violates the provisions of subsection (b.1)(1),
the department shall, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, withhold the amount of any educational subsidy to be paid
to the school district for the current fiscal year equal to the
excess in revenue brought in by the increase in the rate of a
tax levied for the support of the public schools by more than
the index.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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