PRINTER'S NO. 242
No. 222 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. BRUNNER, GARZIA, ZWIKL, ZEARFOSS,
MOEHLMANN, POTT, MEBUS, D. R. WRIGHT, MRS. SCANLON,
MESSRS. HASKELL AND VROON, FEBRUARY 9, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 9, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 11, 1971 (P.L.104, No.3), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act providing property tax or rent rebate to
3 certain senior citizens, widows, widowers and permanently
4 disabled persons with limited incomes; establishing uniform
5 standards and qualifications for eligibility to receive a
6 rebate; and imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue,"
7 substituting a declaration for an affidavit of widow or
8 widower status.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 6, act of March 11, 1971 (P.L.104, No.3),
12 known as the "Senior Citizens Property Tax or Rent Rebate Act,"
13 reenacted and amended June 16, 1975 (P.L.7 No.4), is amended to
14 read:
15 Section 6. Proof of Claim.--Each claim shall include
16 reasonable proof of household income, the size and nature of the
17 property claimed as a homestead and the rent or tax receipt, or
18 other proof that the real property taxes on the homestead have
19 been paid, or rent in connection with the occupancy of a
20 homestead has been paid. If the claimant is a widow, or widower,
1 [an affidavit] a declaration of such status on such forms and in
2 such manner as prescribed by the Secretary of Revenue shall be
3 included. Proof that a claimant is eligible to receive
4 disability benefits under the Federal Social Security Act shall
5 constitute proof of disability under this act. No person who has
6 been found not to be disabled by the social security
7 administration shall be granted a rebate under this act. A
8 claimant not covered under the Federal Social Security Act shall
9 be examined by a physician designated by the department and such
10 status determined using the same standards used by the social
11 security administration. It shall not be necessary that such
12 taxes or rent were paid by the claimant: Provided, That the rent
13 or taxes have been paid when the claim is filed. The first claim
14 filed shall include proof that the claimant or his spouse was
15 age sixty-five or over or fifty years or over in the case of a
16 widow, or widower, during the calendar year in which real
17 property taxes or rent were due and payable.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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