Section 19. (a) Any city in any county wherein such a board is created under this act may become subject to the provisions of this act, and the mayor and council of any such city may effect the same by an ordinance duly passed. A copy of such ordinance, approved by the mayor and duly certified, accompanied by a statement of the vote thereon with the names of the members of council voting for and against such ordinance, shall be forwarded to and filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and, when so filed, the Governor shall, under the great seal of the Commonwealth, certify the acceptance of the provisions of this act, which certificate shall be recorded among the minutes of the council and in the office for the recording of deeds in the proper county.
(b) From the date of the completion of such acceptance, the assessment of property in such city for city and school purposes shall be done only in accordance with the provisions of this act and by the officers designated in this act: Provided, That if a city in accepting the provisions of this act elects by ordinance to adopt an established predetermined ratio different from that used by the county, then the city shall apply the ratio selected to the actual valuation supplied by the county to determine assessed value for tax purposes. The established predetermined ratio selected by the city, if different from the ratio selected by the county, may be set at any value up to and including the actual valuation supplied by county.
(c) Whenever any city accepts the provisions of this act, all the provisions thereof, including the right to appeal from assessments as provided for other municipal districts, shall apply to such city.
(19 amended Dec. 13, 1982, P.L.1165, No.269)