Vetoes During 2007- 2008 Session 

VETO NO.

DATE

BILL

SUBJECT

DISPOSITION AND LINKS

1 of 2008

July 14

HB 1438

Amends the Third Class County Assessment Board Law further providing for appeals by corporate authorities by adding that other than during a countywide reassessment, an appeal by such corporate authorities may be taken from an assessment only when a parcel of land is divided and conveyed away in smaller parcels, when improvements are made to real property or when existing improvements are removed from real property or are destroyed.

Governor’s Veto Message 

 

2 of 2008

July 14

SB 1247

Amends the Fourth to Eighth Class and Selective County Assessment Law further providing for appeals by municipalities by adding that other than during a countywide reassessment, an appeal by such corporate authorities may be taken from an assessment only when a parcel of land is divided and conveyed away in smaller parcels, when improvements are made to real property, or when existing improvements are removed from real property or are destroyed.

Governor’s Veto Message

3 of 2008

October 17

SB 740

Act authorizing certain lands in Centre County to be conveyed; authorizing the Borough of Old Forge, Lackawanna County, to transfer, sell and convey certain Project 70 lands free of restrictions imposed by the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act; authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority certain lands situate in the 39th Ward of the City of Philadelphia; and providing for Commonwealth ownership of submerged lands; and authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, to grant and convey to the Schuylkill YMCA certain lands and building situate in the Borough of Pottsville, Schuylkill County.

Governor’s Veto Message

4 of 2008

October 17

SB 1258

Amends the Fourth to Eighth Class and Selective County Assessment Law expanding the scope of the act to include appeals by municipalities in selected counties; further providing for application of the act and for appeals by municipalities; and making a related repeal. The legislation provides for appeals by municipalities in counties of the second class A and third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes by adding that in an appeal by a corporate authority, an assessment may be changed only if one of the following applies: (1) the appeal is from an assessment established during a countywide reassessment and the appeal is filed no later than the first day of September of the taxable year following the year for which the newly established values from the countywide reassessment take effect; (2) the property or parcel has been divided and conveyed away in smaller parcels; (3) improvements have been made to real property; (4) existing improvements have been removed from real property or have been destroyed; or (5) a change has occurred in the productive use of the property or parcel by material alteration in the nature of the use or through alteration or additions which modify the use. The legislation would apply to appeals filed on or after July 1, 2008.

Governor’s Veto Message

***When the Governor exercises the item veto power, he returns to the Chamber which originated the bill a letter which identifies which item or items he is not approving. This letter contains the same language as the actual item veto signed by the Governor and attached to the bill before filing it with the Department of State, as required by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

 ***A letter provides the Governor’s explanation of why he vetoed certain items. It accompanies the item veto letter to the General Assembly and provides a more detailed discussion of his reasons behind the item veto.