Pennsylvania Act 1943-27 — AUTHORIZING REFUNDS OF MONEY BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

Act text

AUTHORIZING REFUNDS OF MONEY BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
                  Act of Apr. 13, 1943, P.L. 48, No. 27               Cl. 53
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing political subdivisions to refund money erroneously
        or inadvertently paid by persons and corporations into the
        treasury thereof for municipal improvements, or upon
        municipal assessments, liens whereof have been subsequently
        declared illegal and invalid.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Whenever any person or corporation of this
     Commonwealth has erroneously or inadvertently paid or caused to
     be paid into the treasury of a political subdivision, directly
     or indirectly, any money for a municipal improvement for which a
     lien was threatened to be filed or was subsequently filed, under
     an assumption that such municipal assessment or lien was due and
     owing, when in fact such municipal assessment and/or lien or a
     part thereof was not due and owing to the political subdivision,
     or such municipal assessment or lien was not legal and valid at
     the time payment was made, or was subsequently declared illegal
     and invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then in such
     cases the corporate authorities of the political subdivision,
     upon due proof of any such erroneous or inadvertent payments
     being made within a period of two years from the time of payment
     thereof, are hereby authorized to draw their warrant on the
     treasurer in favor of such person or corporation to make refund
     of such money to which the political subdivision has no valid
     claim out of the public funds.