PRINTER'S NO. 3162
No. 2352 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY BUNT, WAUGH, KENNEY, TIGUE, PRESTON, RAMOS, PESCI,
L. I. COHEN, ROBERTS, TRUE, PLATTS, CIVERA, C. WILLIAMS, WILT
AND CORRIGAN, MARCH 12, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 12, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 22, 1933 (P.L.853, No.155), entitled "An
2 act relating to taxation; designating the subjects, property
3 and persons subject to and exempt from taxation for all local
4 purposes; providing for and regulating the assessment and
5 valuation of persons, property and subjects of taxation for
6 county purposes, and for the use of those municipal and
7 quasi-municipal corporations which levy their taxes on county
8 assessments and valuations; amending, revising and
9 consolidating the law relating thereto; and repealing
10 existing laws," providing for qualifications for certain tax
11 assessors.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. The act of May 22, 1933 (P.L.853, No.155), known
15 as The General County Assessment Law, is amended by adding a
16 section to read:
17 Section 302.1. Qualifications of Assessors for County-wide
18 Reassessments.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
19 elected or appointed assessor who conducts a county-wide
20 revision of assessment of real property in any county must be a
21 certified real estate appraiser in this Commonwealth.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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