City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2013-1088

• File #: 2013-1088
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 1/15/2013
• In control: Committee on Finance and Law
• Final action: 1/29/2013
• Enactment date: 1/29/2013
• Enactment #: 6
• Effective date: 1/31/2013
• Title: An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption; Section 263.21, Property Tax Relief, by increasing the discount on the gross face amount of City real property tax due and owing on an eligible taxpayer's principal residence from thirty (30) percent to forty (40) percent.
• Sponsors: Darlene M. Harris, Reverend Ricky V. Burgess
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 02 - FISCAL

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/31/2013	1	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
1/29/2013	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
1/23/2013	2	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
1/16/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
1/15/2013	1	City Council	Waived under Rule 8	Pass
1/15/2013	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title

An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption; Section 263.21, Property Tax Relief, by increasing the discount on the gross face amount of City real property tax due and owing on an eligible taxpayer's principal residence from thirty (30) percent to forty (40) percent.

Body

Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1.      The Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption, Section 263.21, Property Tax Relief, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 263.21       PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

Any eligible taxpayer whose total household income does not exceed thirty

thousand dollars ($30,000.00) shall be entitled to apply for and to receive a discount of [thirty (30) percent] forty (40) percent on the gross face amount of City real property tax due and owing on the eligible taxpayer's principal residence.

Section 2.      This ordinance shall become effective January 1, 2013.