City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2013-1089

• File #: 2013-1089
• 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 #: 7
• Effective date: 1/31/2013
• Title: An Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption, by adding Section 263.26, Homestead Exclusion, so as to enact a homestead exclusion of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) for the year 2013 and subsequent years.
• 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 supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption, by adding Section 263.26, Homestead Exclusion, so as to enact a homestead exclusion of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) for the year 2013 and subsequent years.

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, is hereby supplemented by adding Section 263.26, Homestead Exclusion, which reads as follows:

Section 263.26            HOMESTEAD EXCLUSION.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Homestead Property Exclusion Program Act, Act of May 5, 1998, P.L. 301, No. 50, Section 9, 53 Pa.C.S.A. Section 8581 et seq., in determining the real property tax due for the year 2013 and subsequent years, the Treasurer shall exclude from taxation the first fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) of assessed value for each homestead property.  

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