Official:Enacting a new Chapter 19-3800 of The Philadelphia Code authorizing the granting of tax exemptions to longtime owner-occupants of certain properties in the City of Philadelphia.
Sponsor: Council President Clarke
Introduced: May 3, 2012
Signed: June 20, 2013
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows longtime owner-occupants of certain properties in Philadelphia to be exempt from paying taxes on their homes.
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