Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 4970. Tax levies

No tax shall be levied on personal property taxable for county purposes where the rate of taxation thereon is fixed by law other than at the rate so fixed. The county commissioners shall fix, by resolution, the rate of taxation for each year. The tax levied shall be for the purpose of creating a general fund to pay expenses incurred for general county purposes, for the payment of the matters connected with roads provided for in subsection (g) of section 2901  1 hereof, for the payment of the matters connected with parks and related matters provided for in sections 3007 and 3035  2 hereof. No such tax in any county of the second class, shall in any one year exceed the rate of twenty-five mills on every dollar of the adjusted valuation: Provided, however, That the rate of taxation for payment of interest and principal on any indebtedness incurred pursuant to the act of July 12, 1972 (P.L. 781, No. 185),  3 known as the “Local Government Unit Debt Act,” or any prior or subsequent act governing the incurrence of indebtedness of the county shall be unlimited. No tax for general county purposes in any county of the second class A shall in any one year exceed the rate of forty mills on every dollar of the adjusted valuation: Provided, however, That the rate of taxation for payment of interest and principal on any indebtedness incurred pursuant to the act of July 12, 1972 (P.L. 781, No. 185), known as the “Local Government Unit Debt Act,” or any prior or subsequent act governing the incurrence of indebtedness of the county shall be unlimited. In fixing the rate of taxation, the county commissioners if the rate is fixed in mills, shall also include in the resolution a statement expressing the rate of taxation in dollars and cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of taxable property.