72 Pa. Stat. § 5662

Current through P.A. Acts 2024-18
Section 5662 - Owner of veins of coal to pay taxes on coal lands

Where a life tenant of land has the use of the surface of land but does not have the right to operate the underlying vein or veins of coal, and where such vein or veins of coal in the vicinity of said land is separately assessed for taxation purposes, the owner or owners of said vein or veins of coal shall be required to pay the taxes heretofore assessed, or hereafter to be assessed, upon said land up to an amount equal to the taxes on similar acreage of coal in the same vicinity, and the life tenant shall only be required to pay the residue of the taxes assessed on said land after deducting the portion of tax herein required to be paid by the owner of said vein or veins of coal.

72 P.S. § 5662

1923, May 9, P.L. 175, No. 129, § 1.