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New Agency Takes Over Handling of Philly Property Tax Appeals Under Proposed City Council Plan

Official:Amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City-County Consolidation," by removing the authority of the Board of Revision of Taxes to hear appeals and reassigning that authority, with the power, functions and duties of hearing and deciding appeals, from Board of Revision of Taxes assessment, to a newly appointed independent City agency to be known as the Property Assessment Appeals Board; imposing the duty on the Board of Revision of Taxes to adopt and publish Assessment Standards and Practices that include certification of full and averaged assessments; 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 questions 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.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill removes the Board of Revision of Taxes' authority to hear property assessment appeals and transfers it to a new independent agency called the Property Assessment Appeals Board.

What This Bill Does

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Removes the authority of the Board of Revision of Taxes to hear appeals of property assessments.
Transfers the power, functions, and duties of hearing and deciding appeals to a newly appointed independent City agency called the Property Assessment Appeals Board.
Imposes a new duty on the Board of Revision of Taxes to adopt and publish Assessment Standards and Practices that include certification of full and averaged assessments.
Requires a special election to be held to approve or disapprove the transfer of authority and the creation of the new independent agency.