Allegheny County Council - File #: 1299-03

• File #: 1299-03
• Version: 1
• Name: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Ordinance No. 29-02, approved June 4, 2002, entitled the Homestead and Farmstead Exclusion or Exclusion Program for Homestead and Farmstead Property by providing for a $15,000
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 9/9/2003
• In control: Committee on Budget and Finance
• Final action: 12/16/2003
• Title: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Ordinance No. 29-02, approved June 4, 2002, entitled the Homestead and Farmstead Exclusion or Exclusion Program for Homestead and Farmstead Property by providing for a $15,000 homestead and farmstead exclusion.
• Sponsors: John DeFazio, James Fenton, Rich Fitzgerald, Wayne Fontana, Brenda Frazier, C.L. Jabbour, Louis Kendrick, Chuck Martoni, Rick Schwartz

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/18/2003	1	Chief Executive	Signed by Chief Executive
12/16/2003	1	County Council	Passed for Chief Executive Signature	Pass
9/16/2003	1	Committee on Budget and Finance	Held in Committee
9/9/2003	1	County Council	Referred

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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Ordinance No. 29-02, approved June 4, 2002, entitled the Homestead and Farmstead Exclusion or Exclusion Program for Homestead and Farmstead Property by providing for a $15,000 homestead and farmstead exclusion.

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WHEREAS, County Council adopted Bill No. 0727-02 on June 4, 2002, now Ordinance No. 29-02, establishing a Farmstead Exclusion or Exclusion Program for Farmstead Property within Allegheny County pursuant to Act 50 of 1998, §§8581-87, under which the initial $10,000 in assessed value of each farmstead property within Allegheny County be exempted from property taxation; and

WHEREAS, County Council previously adopted Bill No. 0677-02 on April 2, 2002, now Ordinance No. 12-02, creating and establishing a Homestead Exclusion Program pursuant to Act 50 of 1998, §§8581-87, under which the initial $10,000 in assessed value of each homestead property within Allegheny County be exempted from property taxation; and

WHEREAS, it is County Council's desire to increase the amount of the exclusion offered to Act 50 participants in Allegheny County by $5,000 in order to further offset increased property taxes within the County;

The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Amendment of Ordinance No. 29-02

A. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 29-02 shall be amended as follows:

Section 2. Creation of Homestead Exclusion

There is hereby created and established an Act 50 of 1998 Homestead Exclusion for all applicable Allegheny County properties. The initial ten fifteen thousand dollars ($1015,000) of the assessed value of any homestead property in Allegheny County shall be excluded from Allegheny County real property taxation.

B. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 29-02 shall be amended as follows:

Section 3. Creation of Farmstead Exclusion

There is hereby created and established an Act 50 of 1998 Farmstead Exclusion for all appl...