PASA E-Alert: Property Tax Elimination Threat

Call your State Senator NOW!

Senate Bill 76 is slated for a vote by the full Senate TODAY! Call your State Senator’s office now to urge him/ her to oppose the elimination of school property taxes. The vote will be close, so this is the time to speak up!

Senate Bill 76 is a distraction from the work of passing the state budget. The House of Representatives roundly defeated similar legislation earlier this year, and Governor Wolf has stated he also opposes it and would likely veto it should it reach his desk.

Senate Bill 76 eliminates the ability of school district to levy a property tax. The bill has a three tiered approach at making up the revenue districts would have received through a property tax levy. The bill allows school districts to implement (or increase) an EIT or PIT for the purpose of eliminating property taxes, increases the state PIT rate bringing the total state PIT rate to 4.95%, and increases the sales and use tax by 1% in addition to eliminating several current exemptions in an attempt to recoup the revenue lost through the elimination of the property tax.

Click on your senator’s name below to access their Capitol office phone number:
 
Alloway, Richard L. (R) 
District 33
 
Argall, David G. (R) 
District 29
 
Aument, Ryan P. (R) 
District 36
 
Baker, Lisa (R) 
District 20
 
Bartolotta, Camera (R) 
District 46
 
Blake, John P. (D) 
District 22
 
Boscola, Lisa M. (D) 
District 18
 
Brewster, James R. (D) 
District 45
 
Brooks, Michele (R) 
District 50
 
Browne, Patrick M. (R) 
District 16
 
Corman, Jake (R) 
District 34
 
Costa, Jay (D) 
District 43
 
Dinniman, Andrew E.(D) 
District 19
 
Eichelberger, John H.(R) 
District 30
 
Farnese, Lawrence M.(D) 
District 1
 
Folmer, Mike (R) 
District 48
 
Fontana, Wayne D. (D) 
District 42
 
Gordner, John R. (R) 
District 27
 
Greenleaf, Stewart J.(R) 
District 12
 
Haywood, Art (D) 
District 4
 
Hughes, Vincent J. (D) 
District 7
 
Hutchinson, Scott E.(R) 
District 21
 
Kitchen, Shirley M. (D) 
District 3
 
Leach, Daylin (D) 
District 17
 
McGarrigle, Thomas J.(R) 
District 26
 
McIlhinney, Charles T.(R) 
District 10
 
Mensch, Bob (R) 
District 24
 
Pileggi, Dominic (R) 
District 9
 
Rafferty, John C. (R) 
District 44
 
Reschenthaler, Guy (R)
District 37 
(Senator-elect)
 
Sabatina, John P. (D) 
District 5
 
Scarnati, Joseph B. (R) 
District 25
 
Scavello, Mario M. (R) 
District 40
 
Schwank, Judith L. (D) 
District 11
 
Smucker, Lloyd K. (R) 
District 13
 
Stefano, Patrick J. (R) 
District 32
 
Tartaglione, Christine M. (D) 
District 2
 
Teplitz, Rob (D) 
District 15
 
Tomlinson, Robert M.(R) 
District 6
 
Vance, Patricia H. (R) 
District 31
 
Vogel, Elder A. (R) 
District 47
 
Vulakovich, Randy (R) 
District 38
 
Wagner, Scott (R) 
District 28
 
Ward, Kim L. (R) 
District 39
 
White, Donald C. (R) 
District 41
 
Wiley, Sean (D) 
District 49
 
Williams, Anthony H.(D) 
District 8
 
Wozniak, John N. (D) 
District 35
 
Yaw, Gene (R) 
District 23
 
Yudichak, John T. (D) 
District 14