[Adopted 12-29-1997 by Ord. No. 420QQ (Ch.
24, Part 9, of the 1994 Code); amended in its entirety 12-21-2009 by Ord. No. 594]
[Amended 12-16-2015 by Ord. No. 662]
There is hereby levied a fire apparatus tax for the purpose
of building and maintaining suitable places for the housing of fire
apparatus and for the purpose of purchasing, maintaining and operating
fire apparatus and for the purpose of making appropriations to fire
companies within or without the Township and of contracting with adjacent
municipalities or volunteer fire companies for fire protection at
a rate of 0.62 mills on real estate (or $0.0620 on each $100 of assessed
valuation).
[Amended 12-16-2015 by Ord. No. 662]
The fire apparatus tax levied under this article shall be for
the tax year 2016 of Hatfield Township and every year thereafter until
revoked, modified or changed.
The tax shall be imposed on all owners of real estate within
Hatfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
[Amended 12-16-2015 by Ord. No. 662; 12-21-2016 by Ord. No. 668; 12-20-2017 by Ord. No. 675; 12-12-2018 by Ord. No. 684; 12-18-2019 by Ord. No. 690; 12-16-2020 by Ord. No. 694; 12-15-2021 by Ord. No.
698C]
The Hatfield Township Tax Collector is hereby authorized and
directed for the tax year 2022 to collect any and all taxes as adopted
by the Hatfield Township Board of Commissioners from the persons and
properties, the sums with which they are respectively charged for
a fire apparatus tax until the same becomes delinquent and said monies
are to be returned to the Hatfield Township Board of Commissioners
for the purpose of implementing the 2022 budget as approved.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 254-88, Due dates, discount
periods, flat rate and penalty periods, was repealed 12-16-2015 by
Ord. No. 662.
