Moratorium on Court-Ordered Property Tax Reassessments Passed
State Rep. Jesse White said the current property tax reassessment system "has more holes in it than Swiss cheese."
Legislation that would impose a temporary moratorium on court-ordered countywide property tax reassessments in Pennsylvania passed the House Wednesday and is headed to the state Senate for further consideration. A similar bill passed both chambers last year but Gov. Tom Corbett vetoed it after a Senate amendment applied the moratorium to Washington County only and eliminated the timetable for the moratorium. House Bill 2137 is part of a multi-bill package that state Reps. Jesse White, D-Cecil, and Brandon Neuman, D-North Strabane, spearheaded to reform what both have called the state's "flawed method of reassessing property values" in order to protect homeowners from dramatic increases in property taxes. The bill has the support of the …
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