Official:Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by further providing for installment payments of real estate taxes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Council President Clarke
Introduced: May 3, 2012
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 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.
This bill allows property owners to pay their real estate taxes in four equal installments for certain years with reduced interest or penalties.
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• Allows property owners to pay their real estate taxes in four equal installments for certain years. • Reduces interest or penalties for property owners who pay in installments. • The bill does not specify which years or under what conditions the installment payments are allowed. • The bill amends Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, "Real Estate Taxes".
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