[Adopted 12-27-2001 by Ord. No. 01-12]
There is hereby levied an annual tax entitled
"the ambulance and rescue squad tax," which shall be levied for the
purpose of supporting ambulance and rescue squads serving Upper Hanover
Township.
A.
This annual tax is hereby levied as provided by law,
at a rate of 0.05 mill and, said tax shall be imposed on all taxable
real estate by and through the owners of real estate within Upper
Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, as ascertained
by the last adjusted valuation for County purposes.[1]
B.
The ambulance and rescue squad tax levied under this
article shall be for the tax year of 2002 of Upper Hanover Township
and every year thereafter until revoked, modified or changed.
The Upper Hanover Township Tax Collector is
hereby authorized and directed for the tax year 2002 to collect any
and all taxes as adopted by the Upper Hanover Township Board of Supervisors
from the persons and properties, as provided by law, the sums with
which they are respectively charged for the ambulance and rescue squad
tax until the same becomes delinquent, and said monies are to be returned
to the Upper Hanover Township Board of Supervisors for the purpose
of implementing the 2002 budget, as approved.
The Board of Supervisors of Upper Hanover Township
is hereby authorized to enter into binding contracts with various
community ambulance associations to provide ambulance and rescue squad
services for serving the Township and for the benefit of the citizens
of Upper Hanover Township.
This article is enacted under the authority
of the Second Class Township Code, Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, No.
69, as amended, (53 P.S. § 65101 et seq.), and the Local
Tax Enabling Act, Act of December 31, 1965, P.L. 1257, as amended,
(53 P.S. § 6901 et seq.).
