The Tax Collector shall enter into one surety bond to the commonwealth
for all taxes to be collected by him or her, in an amount to be fixed
by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, which amount shall
never exceed the estimated amount of taxes charged and the duplicates
to be delivered to him or her in one year. Such bond and surety company
or companies providing said bond shall comply with the provisions
of Act 66 of 2012, including the requirement, if provided for by resolution
of the Board of Commissioners of Dauphin County, for the joint bidding
of bonds for all tax collectors for the county, boroughs, incorporated
towns and townships of the first or second class, and school districts
and vocational school districts within the county.
The Tax Collector of the Township of Swatara shall charge on
behalf of the Township the following fees:
A. Tax certifications: $20 per parcel.
B. Tax receipts: $10 per parcel.
C. Copy machine: $2 per page.
The Tax Collector of Swatara Township shall pay over, on a weekly
basis, to the Treasurer of the Township all moneys collected as taxes
during the previous week if the amount of those collected funds is
in excess of $1,000.