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Finance Committee 10/04/06
The Senate Finance
Committee met on Wednesday, October 4, 2006, and reported out the
following bills:
As Committed
(unanimously):
Senate Bill 1263 (PN 1932)(Jubelirer)
This bill amends the Fiscal Code to address abandoned and unclaimed
property held by a rural electric cooperative.
House Bill 600 (PN 2313)(Nailor)
This bill amends the Tax Code further providing for military tax credits
for employers who pay out or subsidize the wages of employees called to
active duty.
House Bill 2282 (PN 3194)(Sather)
This bill amends the Tax Code to further provide for an exemption from
the state personal income tax for members of the PA National Guard on
active duty.
House Bill 2562 (PN 3805)(Nickol)
This bill amends Title 24 (Education) and Title71 (State Government) to
further provide for the employer contribution rates on behalf of active
members.
As Committed (9-2):
Senate Bill 1331 (PN 2070)(Wonderling)
This bill amends the Tax Code providing an additional exclusion from the
sales and use tax.
As Amended
(unanimously):
Senate Bill 1285 (PN 2123)(Wozniak)
This bill amends Title 71 (State Government) to further provide for
credited state service in relation to creditable leaves of absences.
Finance Committee 09/26/06
The Senate Finance Committee met on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, and
reported out the following bills:
As Amended
(unanimously):
House Bill 552 (PN 4640)(Stern)
This bill amends the Fiscal Code to further define gift cards, gift
certificates, and qualified gift certificates and how they should be
treated in terms of expiration, redemption, and escheat purposes.
House Bill 1804 (PN 4642)(Kenny)
This bill establishes a revenue-neutral tax rate after a countywide
revision or real property assissment in first class counties.
As Amended (10-1):
House Bill 1427 (PN 4641)(Denlinger)
This bill amends the Local Tax Enabling Act to further provide for the
collection of the Local Earned Income Tax. The intent being to make the
collection of local earned income tax more uniform and comprehensible
and to mandate a county-wide collection system component.
Finance Committee 06/20/06
The Senate Finance
Committee met on Tuesday, June 20, 2006, and reported the following
bills:
As
Amended (unanimously):
Senate Bill 292 (PN
299)(Scarnati) This bill amends the Local Tax Enabling Act to
further provide for the collection of the Local Earned Income and Nets
Profits Tax.
Senate Bill 993 (PN
1334)(Browne) This bill amends the Tax Code to consolidate the tax
appeals process in the Commonwealth.
Senate Bill 1148
(PN 1615)(Pippy) This bill amends the Second Class City Policemen
Relief Law to provide for surviving spouses.
As Amended (7-3):
House Bill 10 (PN
2399)(Semmel) This bill amends the Bingo Law to authorized
additional forms of bingo games with higher prize limits.
House Bill 11 (PN
2400)(Semmel) This bill amends the Local Option Small Games of
Chance Act to further provide for small games of chance with higher
prize limits
Finance Committee 05/03/06
The Senate Finance Committee met on
Wednesday, May 3, 2006, and reported out the following bills:
As Committed (unanimously):
Senate Bill 1113 (PN 1580)(Browne) - This bill amends the Tax
Reform Code to further provide, in personal income, for classes of
income. The bill adopts the provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section
1033 with respect to involuntary conversions of property.
As Amended (unanimously):
Senate Bill 812 (PN 1787)(Thompson) - This bill amends the Fiscal
Code to further provide for unclaimed tangible personal property held by
Courts and Public Officers and Agencies.
Senate Bill 1134 (PN 1788)(Jubelirer) - This bill amends the Tax
Reform Code by further providing , in sales and use tax, for the
definition of "tangible personal property." The bill is intended to
address a recent Commonwealth Court decision ruling that all prewritten
(canned) computer software is subject to sales and use tax.
Finance Committee 03/28/06
The Senate Finance Committee met on Tuesday,
March 28, 2006, and reported out the following bills:
As Amended (unanimously):
Senate Bill 592 (PN 1656)(Armstrong) - This bill amends Title 24
(Education) regarding alternative investments for the School Employees
Retirement Board and limitations on the release of public information.
House Bill 126 (PN 3762)(Godshall) - This bill amends Title 71
(State Government) regarding alternative investments for the State
Employees' Retirement Board and limitations on the release of public
information.
As Amended (9 to 2):
Senate Bill 1139 (PN 1657)(Browne) - This bill amends the Tax
Reform Code further providing for tax status election by small
corporations.
Finance Committee 03/21/06
The Senate Finance Committee met on Tuesday,
March 21, 2006, and reported out the following bills:
As Committed (unanimously):
Senate Bill 1076 (PN 1484)(Earll) - This bill amends the Tax Code
to provide a sales tax exclusion for the sale at retail or use of
investment metal bullion or investment coins.
As Amended (unanimously):
House Bill 153 (PN 3756)(Godshall) - This bill creates the Organ
and Bone Marrow Donor Act to increase donations and provide for special
leaves of absence for organ and bone marrow donors.
House Bill 1725 (PN 3757)(Gingrich) - This bill amends the Local
Tax Collection Law to provide for basic and continuing education
programs for tax collectors.
As Amended (7 to 4):
Senate Bill 691 (PN 1622)(Wonderling) - This bill amends the Tax
Code to phase out the imposition of the gross receipts tax on certain
mobile communications services.
Finance Committee 11/13/05
The Senate Finance Committee met on Tuesday,
December 13, 2005, and reported the following bills:
As Amended (unanimously):
Senate Bill 592 (PN 1418)(Armstrong) This bill amends
Title 24 (Education) by defining "alternative investment" and further
providing for administrative duties of the school employee's retirement
board.
House Bill 459 (PN 3305)(Gingrich) This bill amends
the Real Estate Tax Sale Law by allowing for the discharge of delinquent
taxes when real property is donated to a political subdivision.
Finance Committee 11/15/05
The Senate Finance Committee met on Tuesday,
November 15, 2005, and reported the following bill:
As Amended (7 to 3):
House Bill 2082 (PN 3117)(Allen) This bill creates
the Taxpayer Fairness Act to establish appropriation limitations.
Finance Committee 11/01/05
The Senate Finance Committee met on Monday,
October 31, 2005, and reported the following bill:
As Committed (unanimously):
House Bill 1539 (PN 2408)(Nickol) This bill amends
the Fiscal Code regarding the submissioin of revenue reports by the
courts to the Secretary of Revenue and the establishment of am Emergency
Energy Assistance Fund.
Finance Committee 10/25/05
The Senate Finance Committee met on Tuesday,
October 25, 2005, and reported the following bills:
As Committed (10 to 1):
Senate Bill 166 (PN 158)(Corman) This bill eliminates
the net operating loss deductions as define in "taxable income" for
Corporate Net Income Tax purposes.
Senate Bill 380 (PN 382)(Piccola) This bill further
provides for apportionment of business income with regard to the
Corporate Net Income Tax by establishing a single sales factor.
Senate Bill 802 (PN 802)(Wonderling) This bill
further provides for the Corporate Net Income Tax rate.
House Bill 515 (PN 1950)(Reed) This bill further
provides for apportionment of business income for Corporate Net Income
Tax purposes by estabalishing a single sales factor.
House Bill 650 (PN 1458)(Turzai) This bill for
provides for the Corporate Net Income Tax as it relates to a net loss
deduction under the definition of "taxable income".
Finance Committee 10/25/05
The Senate Finance Committee met on Tuesday,
October 25, 2005, and reported the following bill:
As Amended (unanimously):
House Bill 1743 (PN 2944)(Mustio) This bill amends
the Second Class County Code to further provide for assessment
limitations following a countywide reassessment.
Finance Committee 6/22/05
The Senate Finance Committee met on Tuesday,
October 18, 2005, and reported out the following bills:
As Committed (unanimously):
Senate Bill 4 (PN 842)(Brightbill) This bill shall be
known and cited as the Taxpayer Fairness Act. It establishes spending
limitations on the Commonwealth and creates a stabilization reserve for
fiscal years when surplus revenues exist.
Senate Bill 394 (PN 401)(Corman) This bill amends the
Municipal Police Pension Law further providing for payments under
existing pension plans for service increments to pensions of police
officers.
Senate Bill 828 (PN 1073)(Browne) This bill amends
the Tax Code to further provide for classes of income for purposes of
the personal income tax.
Senate Bill 884 (PN 1169)(Brightbill) This bill
proposes an amendment to the Constitution by adding a section to Article
VIII to establish spending limitations.
House Bill 603 (PN 676)(B. Smith) This bill amends Title 71
(State Government) by further defining "enforcement officer" to include
certain Pennsylvania Game Commission employees.
As Amended (unanimously):
Senate Bill 165 (PN 1232)(Corman) This bill amends
the Tax Code to further provide for crimes that involve fraudulent
taxpayer returns as they relate to the sales and use tax.
Senate Bill 567 (PN 1233)(A. Williams) This bill
amends the Tax Code to provide for a check-off on the Personal Income
Tax return for a contribution to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP).
Senate Bill 811 (PN 1234)(Thompson) This bill amends
the County Pension Law to further provide for additional class options.
Finance Committee 6/22/05
The Senate Finance Committee met on
Wednesday, June 22, 2005, and reported the following bills:
As Committed (unanimously):
Senate Bill 726 (PN 941)(Pippy) This bill amends the Second
Class County Code to further provide for assessment limitations on
counties of the second class.
House Bill 182 (PN 240)(Belfanti) This bill amends the
Administrative Code to further provide for investment powers for the
State Workers' Insurance Board.
House Bill 279 (PN 302)(Herman) This bill amends the Pennsylvania
Municipal Retirement Law to extend the period to use "excess interest"
for administrative expenses.
As Amended (unanimously):
Senate Bill 709 (PN 998)(Brightbill) This bill amends the Local
Tax Collection Law to authorize various installment payments with
respect to the collection and payment of school property taxes.
House Bill 176 (PN 2299)(Scavello) This bill amends the Tax
Reform Code further providing for the collection of delinquent realty
transfer tax.
Finance Committee 5/15/05
The Senate Finance Committee met on
Wednesday, June 15, 2005, and reported out the following bills:
As Committed (unanimously):
Senate Bill 266 (PN 270)(C. Williams) This bill amends the Tax
Code to further provide for exclusions from sales and use tax for
certain energy efficient products or materials.
Senate Bill 571 (PN 600)(Piccola) This bill amends the Tax Code
to further provide for historic preservation by providing sales and use
tax exclusions and conferring powers and duties upon the Department of
Community and Economic Development, the Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission, and the Department of Revenue.
Senate Bill 639 (PN 737)(Pileggi) This bill amends the Real
Estate Tax Sale Law to further provide for property subject to or exempt
from claim and for content of claims entered.
Senate Bill 640 (PN 738)(Pileggi) This bill amends the Municipal
Claim and Tax Lien Law to accept the donation of property that is
subject to a claim for taxes.
As Committed (7-2):
Senate Bill 384 (PN 386)(Piccola) This bill amends Title 24
(Education) to require that the Public School Employees' Retirement
Board provide the home addresses and employer prior to retirement
information of all annuitants to annuitant associations.
As Amended (unanimously):
House Bill 859 (PN 2232)(Turzai) This bill amends the Tax Code to
further provide for the alternate imposition of the use tax for persons
engaged in the business of selling new or used motor vehicles.
House Bill 1180 (PN 2233)(R. Miller) This bill amends the Tax
Code to provide for contributions to the Military Family Relief Fund and
for military tax credits for employers who pay or subsidize the wages of
an employee called to active duty.
Finance Committee 5/10/05
The Senate Finance Committee met on Tuesday,
May 10, 2005 and reported out the following bills:
As Committed (unanimously):
Senate Bill 573 (PN 623)(Gordner) This bill amends the Fourth to
Eighth Class County Assessment Law to further provide for valuation of
persons and property following a county-wide assessment. It requires the
governing body of the applicable taxing authority to cast a separate
vote if it wants to raise the tax rate consistent with the limitations
on the amount of an increase under current law. It is similar to Act 91
of 2004 that implemented the same requirement with regard to county-wide
reassessment for second class A and third class counties.
Senate Bill 582 (PN 624)(Corman) This bill amends the Tax Reform
Code to eliminate the one year limitation during which new and used
motor vehicle dealers may use an alternative basis in calculating their
tax obligations with regard to demonstrator vehicles.
As Amended (unanimously):
House Bill 220 (PN 1948)(Reed) This bill amends the Tax Reform Code
to establish the Career Development Tax Credit Program for Manufacturing
Businesses under the PA Department of Revenue. Manufacturing businesses
would receive a tax credit for providing job training to eligible
employees against liabilities imposed under the Personal Income Tax, the
Corporate Net Income Tax, and the Capital Stock and Franchise Tax.
Finance Committee 4/19/05
The Senate Finance Committee met on Tuesday,
April 19, 2005, and reported out the following bill:
As Amended (unanimously):
Senate Bill 157 (PN 708) (Armstrong) This bill amends the "Local Tax
Enabling Act" to provide authorization for a taxing authority to collect
the emergency and municipal services tax on a quarterly basis and to
mandate the low-income exemption for any person whose total income is
less than $12,000 annually.
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