CAMP HILL “Pennsylvani
a’s fanners would have an addi
tional reason to be thankful this
Thanksgiving if the General.
Assembly was allowed to act on
the long overdue local tax reform
legislation still in conference com
mittee,” said Keith Eckel, presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association (PFA).
Eckel said, “We can’t believe
that some members of the tax
Senate Allows Milk
Board to Set Fees
HARRISBURG The Senate
passed legislation to allow the
Pennsylvania Milk Marketing
Board, which sets minimum milk
prices in Pennsylvania, to periodi
cally set various fees by regula
tion, according to Senator Edward
Helfrick (R-27).
Helfrick, chairman of the
Senate Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee, explained that
House Bill 2100 covers milk deal
er license fees, milk hauler license
fees, milk tester certificates, and
fees paid by milk weighers or
samplers. Any fee change would
be subject to the Regulatory
Review Act
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PFA Urges Action On Local Tax Reform
reform conference committee are
going to let time run out on the
legislation without giving it the
opportunity of a floor vote.
They’ve had two years to debate
the issue. Now it’s time to act
‘The current local tax structure
with its heavy dependence on
property taxes is grossly unfair to
farmers who require a lot of land
and buildings for their crops and
livestock. It also places an unfair
Presently, all fee schedule
changes require legislative
amendments to the law, and there
have been no changes since 1978.
“We give the board more con
trol over its fiscal affairs by allow
ing it to set fees through regula
tion,” Helfrick said. “We also pro
vide a forum for greater input
from milk producers and buyers
through Independent Regulatory
Review Commission (IRRC)
hearings.”
The legislation is supported by
the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing
Board, the State Grange, the Pen
nsylvania Farmers Association,
and the Pennsylvania Milk Deal
ers Association.
burden on our senior citizens who
are retired and living on fixed
incomes. We have been waiting
for over 30 years for the system to
be corrected and now the time has
come - almost
“On behalf of farm families
across our great state, I am calling
on the two senators who have not
yet signed the conference report -
Senators John Stauffer of Chester
County and David Brightbill of
Lebanon County - to sign it now
and give all our elected leaders a
chance to pass judgement on its
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with our members that it is a long capita taxes, and would allow
overdue, much needed reform.” municipalities and school districts
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