(A) Exemption. Pursuant to Act 153 of 1996, as amended by Act 4 of 2006, the Board of Supervisors of the township does hereby exempt real property within the township that is subject to a conservation easement in accordance with the Agricultural Area Security Law (Act of June 30, 1981 P.L. 128, No. 43) from millage increases for the township taxes in the year 2007 which consist of the following:
42-9-134-7 |
42-9-138-1 |
42-9-143 |
42-9-145 |
42-12-95 |
42-12-96 |
42-12-115 |
42-12-158 |
42-21-4 |
42-21-5 |
42-21-8 |
42-21-10 |
42-21-11 |
42-21-13 |
42-21-15-4 |
42-21-18 |
42-21-19 |
42-21-85 |
42-21-94 |
42-21-96 |
42-24-30 |
42-24-31 |
(B) Date of exemption. The millage freeze authorized by this section shall apply to all eligible real properties located in the township (as identified in division (A) above) as long as the real property met the criteria of this section prior to or during the year 2006. However, as provided in § 1.B.4 of Act 4 of 2006, this millage freeze shall only become effective when the Palisades School District, in addition to the county and the township, has enacted a resolution exempting from further tax millage increase properties subject to a conservation easement established in accordance with the Agricultural Security Law.
(C) Exemption for future agricultural conservation easements and future tax years. Not withstanding the provisions of divisions (A) and (B) above, the exemption from further tax millage increases shall apply to those properties subjected to an agricultural conservation easement in accordance with the Agricultural Security Law in future years. In addition, this tax millage freeze shall apply to future tax years until the Board of Supervisors of the township by an ordinance duly enacted, shall terminate the exemption from real estate millage tax increases or until such time as the exemption is terminated by operation of law. However, the exemption provided in this division (C) shall only take effect when the county and the Palisades School District shall have approved exemptions from tax millage increases consistent with this division (C).
(D) Severability. The millage freeze authorized by this section shall apply to all eligible real properties located in the township.
(Ord. 135, passed 11-14-2006)