PRINTER'S NO. 1233
No. 1047 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY THOMPSON, MADIGAN, WOZNIAK, CORMAN, DELP,
TOMLINSON, MELLOW, KITCHEN, SLOCUM, AFFLERBACH, FUMO,
BRIGHTBILL AND PUNT, JUNE 20, 1997
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 20, 1997
AN ACT
1 Authorizing certified real estate appraisers to represent real
2 property owners in certain real estate assessment appeals.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. County board appeal.
6 A certified appraiser with a valid authorization from a
7 property owner may represent that property owner in the real
8 estate assessment appeal process at the county board of
9 assessment appeal level. This includes any or all appearances
10 before assessment officials, a revaluation company and/or a
11 county board of assessment appeals or similarly empowered body.
12 Section 2. Allowable activities.
13 Since the real estate assessment appeal process at the county
14 board of assessment appeal level, including appearances before
15 assessment officials, revaluation company and/or county board of
16 assessment appeals or similarly empowered body is an
17 administrative matter related solely to the determination of the
1 market value of a property for real estate assessment purposes,
2 the activities of the certified appraiser shall not be construed
3 as the unauthorized practice of law.
4 Section 3. Court appeals.
5 The further appeal of a property assessment decision beyond
6 the county board of assessment level to common pleas court shall
7 be a "de novo" proceeding.
8 Section 4. Effective date.
9 This act shall take effect immediately.
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