[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Washington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Taxation — See Ch. 325.
[Adopted 5-8-2008 by Ord. No. 1797]
This article is enacted on the authority of 72 P.S. § 5350(j)(a)[1] and pursuant to the Third Class City Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
[1]
Editor's Note: This statute was repealed 10-27-2010 by P.L.
895, No. 93. See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 8868.
The City of Washington accepts the provisions of the Act of Assembly, approved May 21, 1943 (P.L. 571), and all such amendments thereto June 26, such Act being known as "The Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law," relating to objects, persons and property subject to and exempt from taxation in the City of Washington for City purposes, subject to the provisions of § 9-3 of this article.
The City of Washington adopts a predetermined ratio of 100%
of the value of real property in the City, as referred to in Section
602(2) of the Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law, as amended,
and orders that this ratio be applied to the market valuation supplied
by Washington County. This ratio is set at the market valuation supplied
by the County.
A copy of this article, when enacted by Council, approved by
the Mayor and duly certified, accompanied by a statement of the vote
thereon, with the names of the members of Council voting for and against
such ordinance, shall be forwarded by the City Clerk and filed in
the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
