Pennsylvania HB 51: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance deemed eligibility program for home care, home health and older adult daily living services.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 41
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 51
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GLEIM AND HAMM, JANUARY 14, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 14, 2025
AN ACT
Requiring school districts to provide annual notice relating to
certain pension and other postemployment benefit obligations;
and providing for property disclosure statement and for duty
of State Real Estate Commission.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Property Tax
Pension Obligation Disclosure Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Commission." The State Real Estate Commission of the
Commonwealth.
"Other postemployment benefit." A benefit such as a death
benefit, life insurance, disability and long-term care that is
paid in the period after employment and provided separately from
a pension plan, as well as a health care benefit paid in the
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period after employment, regardless of the manner provided. The
term does not include any termination benefit or termination
payment for sick leave.
"Pension." Retirement income and, if provided through a
pension plan, a postemployment benefit other than retirement
income, including a death benefit, life insurance and a
disability benefit. The term does not include a postemployment
health care benefit or termination benefit.
Section 3. Duties of school districts.
(a) Calculation of unfunded pension and other postemployment
benefit obligations.--Not later than September 30 each year, the
governing body of a school district shall calculate the amount
of unfunded pension and other postemployment benefit obligations
per $100,000 of assessed residential property within the school
district.
(b) Publication of annual notice.--The results of the
calculation under subsection (a) shall be published as follows:
(1) On the publicly accessible Internet website of the
school district as a separate item from other information on
the website.
(2) As a footnote in the financial disclosures of the
annual audited report of the school district.
(3) In the notice of taxes required under section 6 of
the act of May 25, 1945 (P.L.1050, No.394), known as the
Local Tax Collection Law.
Section 4. Property disclosure statement.
A seller that intends to transfer an interest in real
property shall disclose the results of the calculation under
section 3(a) as an item on the property disclosure form required
under 68 Pa.C.S. § 7304 (relating to disclosure form).
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Section 5. Duty of commission.
The commission shall, within 90 days of the effective date of
this section, revise the form of the property disclosure
statement under 68 Pa.C.S. § 7304 (relating to disclosure form)
in order to include the results of the calculation required
under section 3(a) as an item on the form and transmit the
revised form to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication
as a notice in the next available issue of the Pennsylvania
Bulletin.
Section 6. Effective date.
This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) Section 4 shall take effect six months after
publication of the notice under section 5.
(2) This section shall take effect immediately.
(3) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 60
days.
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