Official:Amending Section 19-1801 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Tax," 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, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Council President Clarke
Introduced: March 3, 2016
Signed: June 16, 2016
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows the Philadelphia School District to continue imposing a real estate tax for school purposes in Philadelphia. The tax was previously authorized from 1964 through 2016 and will now be allowed from 2017 onwards.
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