(1) The City may file joint claims for real estate and
personal property taxes with the School District of Philadelphia, in the form of
written or typewritten lists showing the names of the taxables and the
descriptions of the properties against which said claims are filed. Such joint
claims shall state separately the amount of taxes due the City and the School
District.
[71] (2) The Law
Department, on behalf of the City and the School District, shall take all legal
measures for the filing of such joint claims and the revival and prosecution
thereof.
(3) The City's Law Department and the Department of
Revenue shall enter into such arrangements with the School District as are
necessary to provide for the filing and prosecuting of joint tax claims,
including provision for the equitable sharing of the costs and expenses incident
to the preparation, filing, revival, and prosecution
thereof.
[72] (4) The
City's Law Department and the Department of Revenue are authorized to
enter into such agreements with the School District of Philadelphia as are
necessary to provide for the Tax Review Board to hear petitions concerning
School District taxes which petitions shall be filed pursuant to § 19-1700
of The Philadelphia Code, and for the City's Law Department to represent
the School District in tax matters in the same manner and with the same
authority as any litigation involving the City of Philadelphia, including
provision for the equitable sharing of the costs and expenses incident
thereto.
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