PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 1980
No. 1573 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY GERGELY, COSTA, DIVEN, COLEMAN, FABRIZIO, HARHAI,
KIRKLAND, LEWIS, MAHER, PALLONE, PISTELLA, SCAVELLO, TIGUE
AND TRAVAGLIO, JUNE 10, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JUNE 10, 2003
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, further providing for uniformity of
3 taxation.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
8 That section 1 of Article VIII be amended to read:
9 § 1. Uniformity of taxation.
10 [All] (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all taxes
11 shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the
12 territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall
13 be levied and collected under general laws.
14 (b) Any political subdivision levying a tax on real property
15 shall be prohibited from levying the tax on homestead property.
16 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
17 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
1 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
2 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
3 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
4 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
5 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
6 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
7 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
8 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
9 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
10 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
11 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
12 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
13 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
14 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
15 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
16 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
17 primary, general or municipal election which meets the
18 requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
19 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least
20 three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is
21 passed by the General Assembly.
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