PRINTER'S NO. 3704
No. 2792 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY TELEK, STURLA, CARLSON, JOHNSON, CARONE, STABACK,
STISH, SALOOM, NAILOR, RAYMOND, NICKOL, M. N. WRIGHT, FARGO,
NOYE, MARSICO, TRELLO, HESS, ARMSTRONG, ANGSTADT, PETRONE,
FLICK, OLASZ, MERRY, FAIRCHILD, KASUNIC, HARPER, LAWLESS,
GODSHALL, MELIO, LAUGHLIN, CESSAR, FARMER, KING, STAIRS,
ALLEN, E. Z. TAYLOR, DeLUCA, D. W. SNYDER, GEIST AND GERLACH,
JUNE 3, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, JUNE 3, 1992
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 and
3 inflation dividends to certain senior citizens, widows,
4 widowers and permanently disabled persons with limited
5 incomes; establishing uniform standards and qualifications
6 for eligibility to receive rebates and dividends; providing
7 for transportation assistance grants and grants to area
8 agencies on aging for services to older persons; and imposing
9 duties upon the Department of Revenue," further providing for
10 the definition of "income."
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 3(1) of the act of March 11, 1971
14 (P.L.104, No.3), known as the Senior Citizens Rebate and
15 Assistance Act, reenacted and amended December 21, 1979
16 (P.L.570, No.131) and amended December 21, 1979 (P.L.570,
17 No.131), is amended to read:
18 Section 3. Definitions.--As used in this act:
19 (1) "Income" means all income from whatever source derived,
1 including but not limited to salaries, wages, bonuses,
2 commissions, income from self-employment, alimony, support
3 money, cash public assistance and relief, the gross amount of
4 any pensions or annuities including railroad retirement
5 benefits, all benefits received under the Federal Social
6 Security Act (except Medicare benefits), all benefits received
7 under State unemployment insurance laws and veterans' disability
8 payments, all interest received from the Federal or any State
9 government, or any instrumentality or political subdivision
10 thereof, realized capital gains, rentals, workmen's compensation
11 and the gross amount of loss of time insurance benefits, life
12 insurance benefits and proceeds [(except the first five thousand
13 dollars ($5,000) of the total of death benefit payments)] except
14 those life insurance death benefits remaining after payment of
15 any funeral and medical expenses incurred, and gifts of cash or
16 property (other than transfers by gift between members of a
17 household) in excess of a total value of three hundred dollars
18 ($300), but shall not include surplus food or other relief in
19 kind supplied by a governmental agency or property tax or rent
20 rebate or inflation dividend.
21 * * *
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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