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City Council Votes to Abolish Tax Appeal Board, Transfer Duties to Three New Agencies Today

Official:Amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City-County Consolidation," by abolishing the Board of Revision of Taxes and reassigning its powers, functions and duties to three newly created City agencies to be known as the Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review, the Property Assessment Oversight Board, and the Office of Property Assessment; providing for submission of such amendment for the approval or disapproval of the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election; all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Green

Introduced: May 7, 2009

: Committee on Law and Government

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2008–2011 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.

Plain-Language Summary

This bill abolishes the Board of Revision of Taxes and transfers its duties to three new agencies: the Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review, the Property Assessment Oversight Board, and the Office of Property Assessment.

What This Bill Does

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Abolishes the Board of Revision of Taxes.
Transfers the powers, functions, and duties of the Board of Revision of Taxes to three newly created City agencies: * The Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review * The Property Assessment Oversight Board * The Office of Property Assessment
Submits the proposed changes to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia for approval or disapproval.
Requires a special election to be held for the purpose of approving or disapproving the proposed changes.