The City of Pittston accepts the provisions of the Act of Assembly
approved June 26, 1931, P.L. 1379, as amended, such Act being known
as the "Third Class County Assessment Law," relating to persons, property and occupations subject
to and exempt from taxation in the City of Pittston for City and school
purposes.
The City of Pittston adopts a predetermined ratio of 100% of
the value of real property in the City, as referred to in Section
19 of the Third Class County Assessment Law, as amended, and orders that this ratio be applied to the market valuations
supplied by the County of Luzerne to determine assessed values for
tax purposes of the City.
This chapter shall become effective immediately for application
to the tax year beginning January 1, 2009, and shall be based upon
assessed valuations using a base year of 2008.
A copy of this chapter, 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 chapter, shall be forwarded by the City Clerk to and filed in
the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Upon
receiving certification from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the
same shall be recorded among the minutes of City Council and in the
office of the Recorder of Deeds in Luzerne County.