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Ordinance of the County of Allegheny providing for the amendment of County Ordinance No. 14-01, passed in Council on February 6, 2001, entitled, “Ordinance amending and supplementing Ordinance 14-01, enacted February 16, 2001, to provide for additional Senior Citizen Property Tax Relief.”.
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WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Allegheny County, acting pursuant to legal authority granted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly under Act 77 of 1993, codified as the Allegheny Regional Asset District Law, Pa. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, §6101-B et seq. (Supp. 1998), adopted County Ordinance No. 32066 on March 31, 1994; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Allegheny County adopted and incorporated as part of Ordinance No. 32066 a program of tax relief for longtime senior citizen owner/occupants of a personal residence within the County to fulfill the mandates of Section 6171-B(4) of Act 77 of 1993; and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted Act 85 of 2000 which amended Section 6171-B(4) of Act 77 of 1993 by modifying the requirements for participation in County's existing senior citizens tax relief program; and
WHEREAS, the County Council of Allegheny County previously enacted Ordinance No. 33-00 which amended Ordinance No. 32066 to expand the previously established tax relief program for longtime senior citizen owner/ occupants of a personal residence within the County; and
WHEREAS, the County Council of Allegheny County previously enacted Ordinance No. 14-01 which amended Ordinance No. 33-00 to fully incorporate the changes made to Section 6171-B(4) of the Second Class County Code by virtue of the General Assembly's recent enactment of Act 85 of 2000; and
WHEREAS, the County is desirous of formally amending its previously established property tax relief program in order to provide additional property tax relief to senior citizens.
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
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