PRINTER'S NO. 622
No. 559 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BATTISTO, BELARDI, BELFANTI, NAILOR, HALUSKA AND
TRELLO, FEBRUARY 12, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 12, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 19, 1974 (P.L.973, No.319),
2 entitled "An act prescribing the procedure under which an
3 owner may have land devoted to agricultural use, agricultural
4 reserve use, or forest reserve use, valued for tax purposes
5 at the value it has for such uses, and providing for
6 reassessment and certain interest payments when such land is
7 applied to other uses and making editorial changes," further
8 providing for applications for preferential assessments.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 4 of the act of December 19, 1974
12 (P.L.973, No.319), known as the Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest
13 Land Assessment Act of 1974, is amended by adding a subsection
14 to read:
15 Section 4. Applications for Preferential Assessments.--* * *
16 (b.1) In counties of the fourth through eighth class, the
17 county commissioners may impose a processing fee of twenty
18 dollars ($20) for each parcel for which an application is filed
19 under this section.
20 * * *
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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