OFFICIAL OPINION No. 11

OFFICIAL OPINION No. 11 Tax-Realty transfer-Effect of Act No. 253 of 1970. I. All commissions paid to the Recorders of Deeds from the sale of State Realty Transfer Tax stamps must be paid over by the recorder of deeds to the gen- eral fund of the county after the effective date of this Act. 2. The Act does not apply to the commissions paid on the sale of Realty Transfer Tax stamps of any political subdivision. Honorable A. J. DeMedio Member House of Representatives 205 Fifth Street Donora, Pennsylvania 15033 Dear Representative DeMedio: Harrisburg, Pa., March 15, 1971 Receipt is acknowledged of your letter dated March 11, 1971, re- questing our opinion with respect to "Senate Bill No. 919, Printer's No. 1883." This bill was enacted as Act No. 253 of the 1970 Session of the General Assembly. All commissions paid to the recorders of deeds from the sale of State Realty Transfer Tax stamps must be paid over by the recorders of deeds to the general fund of the county after the effective date of this Act. The Act does not apply to, and in no way affects, the commissions paid on the sale of Realty Transfer Tax stamps of any political subdivision. Sincerely yours, J. SHANE CREAMER, Attorney General. OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 23