[Adopted 12-19-2022 by Ord. No. 11-22]
The following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them within this article unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
ADDITIONAL CHARGE
Any interest, fee, penalty, or charge accruing to and in excess of the face amount of the real estate tax as provided in the real estate tax notice.
QUALIFYING EVENT
A. 
For the purposes of real property, the date of transfer of ownership of the real property; or
B. 
For manufactured or mobile homes, the date of transfer of ownership or the date a lease agreement commences for the original location or relocation of a manufactured or mobile home on a parcel of land not owned by the owner of the manufactured or mobile home. The term does not include the renewal of a lease for the same location.
TAX COLLECTOR
The elected tax collector for Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, any authorized or designated delinquent tax collector, the Northampton County Tax Claim Bureau, or any alternative collector of taxes as provided for in the act of July 7, 1947 (P.L. 1368, No.542), known as the "Real Estate Tax Sale Law," an employee, agent or assignee authorized to collect the tax, a purchaser of claim for the tax or any other person authorized by law or contract to secure collection of, or take any action at law or in equity against the person or property of the taxpayer for the real estate tax or amounts, liens or claims derived from the real estate tax.
The Tax Collector shall, for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2023, grant a request to waive additional charges for real estate taxes if the taxpayer does all of the following:
A. 
Provides a waiver request of additional charges, on a form provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, to the Tax Collector in possession of the claim within 12 months of a qualifying event;
B. 
Attests that a tax notice was not received; and
C. 
Provides the Tax Collector in possession of the claim with one of the following:
(1) 
A copy of the deed showing the date of real property transfer; or
(2) 
A copy of the title following the acquisition of a mobile or manufactured home subject to taxation as real estate showing the date of issuance or a copy of an executed lease agreement between the owner of a mobile or manufactured home and the owner of a parcel of land on which the mobile or manufactured home will be situated showing the date the lease commences; and
D. 
Pays the face value amount of the tax notice for the real estate tax with the waiver request.