You have to give state Rep. Sam Rohrer, R-Berks, credit for persistence. He's been trying for years to get his plan to eliminate property taxes passed by the Pennsylvania House.Rohrer told the Reading Eagle that he's going to give it another shot before the Legislature starts its annual 3-month summer vacation.
A revised version of Rohrer's School Property Tax Elimination Act will be offered in the House soon, according to the newspaper.
An earlier version of House Bill 1275, offered as an amendment to another tax relief plan, received just 47 votes in the 102-member House.
Rohrer told the newspaper he's addresses some of the objections lawmakers had about taxing professional fees and not taxing commercial properties.
Read "New round to begin in property tax fight" here.
There's also a rally planned for Harrisburg on June 2 to demand the elimination of property taxes. Find out more at the Pennsylvania Taxpayers Cyber Coalition Web site.
And don't forget that all 102 seats in the House and 25 seats in the Senate are up for re-election on Nov. 4.
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Is this the only guy in Harrisburg that wants to get rid of the property tax? It sure as hell only seems so...
Rep. Sam Rohrer has been the leader of the movement to eliminate property taxes in Pennsylvania, but he's not alone. Rohrer's House Bill 1275 (The School Property Tax Elimination Act of 2007) had 45 co-sponsors. And when the bill came up for a vote earlier this year (as an amendment to another bill) it received 47 yes votes (37 Republicans and 10 Democrats). So there is support out there for the elimination of property taxes, but not enough so far.
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