Post by pfsc on May 7, 2015 18:32:22 GMT -5
HB 1224 By Hanna. Amends the Forest Reserves Municipal Financial Relief Law increasing annual charge.
* May 6, 2015 03:48 PM
* Rep. Michael Hanna
* Increasing Payment In Lieu of Taxes for Taxing Bodies that Host
* State-Owned Forest Lands.
* In the near future I intend to introduce legislation that would amend
* the Forest Reserves Municipal Financial Relief Law of 1929 to increase
* the payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) to counties, school districts and
* townships that host forest lands owned by the Commonwealth.
*
* The Forest Reserves Municipal Financial Relief Law currently mandates
* that the Commonwealth pay a specific amount per acre to each county,
* township, and school district for acreage acquired for forest reserves,
* perpetuating original forests, preserving and maintaining public places
* and parks, and for water conservation or flood prevention.
*
* In 1995, I prime sponsored legislation that became law to double the
* total PILT from 60¢ per acre to $1.20 per acre, or more
* specifically, from 20¢ per acre to 40¢ per acre for each of
* the three taxing bodies. In 2006, legislation passed to increase the
* 1995 PILT from a total of $1.20 per acre to $3.60 per acre. As many of
* you are aware, the PILT has not been increased since then.
*
*
*
* This legislation would update the almost decade-old PILT by increasing
* it to a total of $7.20 per acre, which would be divided equally among
* the taxing bodies for a total of $2.40 per acre for each. My bill is
* important to many counties, municipalities and school districts that
* depend on the real estate tax for the bulk of their necessary operating
* revenue but are increasingly stressed by the high proportion of real
* estate that is owned by the Commonwealth and is thus tax-exempt.
*
* Please join me by cosponsoring this much needed change to our law.
* Thank you in advance for your consideration.
* May 6, 2015 03:48 PM
* Rep. Michael Hanna
* Increasing Payment In Lieu of Taxes for Taxing Bodies that Host
* State-Owned Forest Lands.
* In the near future I intend to introduce legislation that would amend
* the Forest Reserves Municipal Financial Relief Law of 1929 to increase
* the payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) to counties, school districts and
* townships that host forest lands owned by the Commonwealth.
*
* The Forest Reserves Municipal Financial Relief Law currently mandates
* that the Commonwealth pay a specific amount per acre to each county,
* township, and school district for acreage acquired for forest reserves,
* perpetuating original forests, preserving and maintaining public places
* and parks, and for water conservation or flood prevention.
*
* In 1995, I prime sponsored legislation that became law to double the
* total PILT from 60¢ per acre to $1.20 per acre, or more
* specifically, from 20¢ per acre to 40¢ per acre for each of
* the three taxing bodies. In 2006, legislation passed to increase the
* 1995 PILT from a total of $1.20 per acre to $3.60 per acre. As many of
* you are aware, the PILT has not been increased since then.
*
*
*
* This legislation would update the almost decade-old PILT by increasing
* it to a total of $7.20 per acre, which would be divided equally among
* the taxing bodies for a total of $2.40 per acre for each. My bill is
* important to many counties, municipalities and school districts that
* depend on the real estate tax for the bulk of their necessary operating
* revenue but are increasingly stressed by the high proportion of real
* estate that is owned by the Commonwealth and is thus tax-exempt.
*
* Please join me by cosponsoring this much needed change to our law.
* Thank you in advance for your consideration.
