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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 1809.8011. Enhanced fire service in eligible townships of the first class

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding section 1709(a)(2)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L. 1206, No. 331),  1 known as The First Class Township Code, an eligible township may, by ordinance, levy an annual tax not exceeding 10 mills and appropriate the revenue collected from the tax for the following purposes:

(1) Building and maintaining suitable places for the housing of fire apparatus.

(2) Purchasing, maintaining and operating fire apparatus.

(3) Making appropriations to fire companies located inside or outside of the eligible township.

(4) Contracting with adjacent municipalities or volunteer fire companies in adjacent municipalities for fire protection.

(5) Training of fire personnel and payments to fire training schools and centers.

(6) The purchase of land upon which to erect a fire house.

(7) The erection and maintenance of a fire house or fire training school and center.

(8) Paying salaries, benefits or other compensation of fire suppression employees of the eligible township or a fire company serving the eligible township.

(b) Notice.--Within 14 days of approving an ordinance levying an annual tax as authorized under subsection (a), the eligible township shall provide a copy of the ordinance to the Office of the State Fire Commissioner and the Local Government Commission.

(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:

“Eligible township.”  Any township of the first class that is located in a county of the second class A that is contiguous to a city of the first class.

“Municipality.”  As defined in section 102   2 of The First Class Township Code.

1  53 P.S. § 56709.
2  53 P.S. § 55102.
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