CHAPTER 19-1300. REAL ESTATE TAXES
§19-1301. Real Estate Taxes. [132]
(1) For each of the following years, a tax is hereby levied at the
following respective rates on each one hundred (100) dollars of the assessed
value of taxable real property returned by the Board of Revision of Taxes in the
year immediately preceding the stated year:
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Year of Tax
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Tax Rate
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1974 to 1976
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$1.975
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1977 to 1980
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$3.275
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1981 to 1982
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$3.475
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1983 to 1984
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$3.90
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1985 to 1988
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$3.505
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1989 to 2002
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$3.745
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2003 and each year thereafter
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$3.474
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(2) If the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania fails to provide legislation
enabling City Council to enact Bill No. 131, introduced April 26, 1984,
providing for the imposition of Business Privilege Taxes for Fiscal Year 1985,
or if City Council fails to adopt Bill No. 131 for Fiscal Year 1985, the rate of
tax shall be three (3) dollars and seventy-five and one-half (75½) cents
for the years 1985 through 1988.
(3) In the event that a court of
competent jurisdiction enters a final order from which all appeals have been
exhausted, determining that City Council lacked the authority to impose this
rate for the year 1989, the rate shall revert to three dollars and fifty and
one-half cents ($3.50½) for the year 1989.