Official:Amending Section 19-1801 The Philadelphia Code to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on real estate within the City of Philadelphia and to change the tax rate, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell
Introduced: February 5, 2002
Signed: April 18, 2002
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill authorizes the Philadelphia School District to impose a real estate tax on properties within the city and increases the tax rate from $3.11 per $100 of assessed value to an unspecified higher rate.
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