HB 2640 Introduced by Rep. Patty Kim was voted out of the Urban Affairs committee Monday morning, the bill would allow the city of Harrisburg to participate in the City Revitalization and Improvement Zones program (CRIZ)

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PRINTER'S NO. 4032 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL

2460 Session of 2014

INTRODUCED BY KIM, CLAY, ROZZI, V. BROWN, FREEMAN, McCARTER, J. HARRIS, McGEEHAN, DAVIDSON, HARHAI, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, SCHLOSSBERG, D. COSTA, FARINA, GILLESPIE, GRELL, COHEN, MURT AND CALTAGIRONE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 AN ACT

1 Amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), entitled "An

2 act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying

3 and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing

4 taxes thereon; providing procedures for the payment,

5 collection, administration and enforcement thereof; providing

6 for tax credits in certain cases; conferring powers and

7 imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue, certain

8 employers, fiduciaries, individuals, persons, corporations

9 and other entities; prescribing crimes, offenses and

10 penalties," in city revitalization and improvement zones,

11 further providing for definitions.

12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

13 hereby enacts as follows:

14 Section 1. The definition of "city" in section 1802-C of the

15 act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code

16 of 1971, added July 9, 2013 (P.L.270, No.52), is amended to

17 read:

18 Section 1802-C. Definitions.

19 The following words and phrases when used in this article

20 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

21 context clearly indicates otherwise:

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2 "City." A city of the third class with a population of at

3 least 30,000 based on the most recent Federal decennial census.

4 The term shall not include a city that [has had], at the time an

5 application is submitted under section 1804-C(a) for a zone

6 within the city, the city is subject to a receiver appointed

7 under Chapter 7 of the act of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47),

8 known as the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act.

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10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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