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PRINTER'S NO. 1530
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1376
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY HEFFLEY AND STEHR, JUNE 12, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JUNE 12, 2023
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for special provisions for
local taxing authorities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 2(b)(v) of Article VIII be amended to read:
ยง 2. Exemptions and special provisions.
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(b) The General Assembly may, by law:
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(v) Establish standards and qualifications by which local
taxing authorities [in counties of the first and second class]
may make uniform special real property tax provisions applicable
to taxpayers who are longtime owner-occupants as shall be
defined by the General Assembly of residences in areas where
real property values have risen markedly as a consequence of the
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