[Adopted 7-6-2004 by Ord. No. 320[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Art. V, Penalty on Delinquent Real Estate Taxes, adopted 11-7-1983
by Ord. No. 132.
Any taxpayer who fails to pay the tax on real
property within the Township of Pine for a period of four months after
the date of the tax notice shall have added to the tax due, as a penalty,
the maximum sum to be allowed by the Legislature of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, as now or hereafter provided by law.
A.Â
The penalty imposed by § 128-45 hereof shall be added to the tax due and shall become a lien upon real estate to the extent provided by law.
B.Â
Interest, at the maximum permissible rate allowed
by the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (as now or
hereafter provided by law) shall be added to the tax due subsequent
to the lien upon the real estate.