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9 results for “public employee compensation” · proposal
This legislation amends Pennsylvania's Second Class Township Code to establish and clarify tax levy authorities for second-class townships. The amendments modify Section 3205 regarding township and special tax levies, allowing township boards of supervisors to levy taxes on real property for various purposes, including general township operations (up to fourteen mills, potentially increased to nineteen mills by court petition), highway lighting (five mills), public buildings (fifty percent of general tax rate), fire protection (three mills with provisions for employee compensation), fire hydrants (two mills), parks and recreation, and debt service. The act was passed on December 1, 2004, as House Bill 250 and represents updates to taxation authority originally established in 1933.
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This Pennsylvania legislation amends the Second Class Township Code to establish the framework for township and special tax levies. The amendment specifies authorized tax rates that township boards of supervisors may levy on real property, including limits of fourteen mills for general purposes (expandable to nineteen mills with court approval), five mills for highway lighting, three mills for fire apparatus and services, two mills for fire hydrants, and additional levies for public buildings, parks and recreation, and debt service. The legislation requires voter approval when fire-related taxes exceed three mills and permits townships to allocate up to one mill of fire tax revenue for employee compensation.
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