The bill, introduced by Rep. Ralph Kaiser, D-Allegheny, would require the Health Department to give parents of newborns in Pennsylvania a CHIP information brochure once a baby s birth certificate is filed. Even better, parents would get the information in private, and not have to specifically request it, which some parents are reluctant to do. Awaiting Senate action. Lackawanna County s tax claim bureau would be allowed to hold a tax sale of any real estate property in Scranton with delinquent taxes. Rep. Gaynor Cawley, D-Lackawanna , sponsored legislation that would change the Real Estate Tax Law to allow Lackawanna County s tax collector to sell property in Scranton that is tax delinquent.
Current law prohibits the sale of tax delinquent property in Scranton.
Allowing the tax collector in Lackawanna County to sell tax delinquent properties in Scranton gives the county a way to recoup some of the money lost on tax delinquent properties. Awaiting Senate action. The resolution directs the House Judiciary Committee to hold public hearings on energy prices. The House Judiciary Committee will hold public hearings to study the availability, supply and price of energy provided from any source, including Philadelphia Gas Works and the Philadelphia Gas Commission. The committee has subpoena power for its investigation and will make legislative recommendations to the House.