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House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: June 7, 2023 04:02 PM
From: Representative Doyle Heffley
To: All House members
Subject: Expanding the property tax relief for longtime owner-occupants
 
Under Article VIII, Section 2 (b)(v) of the Pennsylvania Constitution, local taxing authorities in counties of the first and second class may provide property tax relief to longtime owner-occupants who live in areas where real property values have risen markedly because of refurbishing or renovating deteriorating residences and the construction of new residences.

I will be introducing a constitutional amendment to authorize that tax benefit to be available to longtime owner-occupants across the Commonwealth, not just those in Allegheny County and Philadelphia. 

Further, this provision prohibits a local taxing authority from increasing the millage rate of its tax on real property to pay for these benefits.

Please join me in supporting this important constitutional amendment.
 


Introduced as HB1376