In 1994, a governmental structure was launched in Allegheny County designed to fund the regional assets of southwestern Pennsylvania and to institute a long-overdue tax restructuring for the local governments within Allegheny County, including the City of Pittsburgh.

Landmark legislation enacted in 1993 permits Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to levy a 1 percent local option sales tax and, at the same time, to create a new form of governance known as the Allegheny Regional Asset District. The enabling act, popularly known as the Regional Asset District bill, was the ...

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