PRINTER'S NO. 745

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 681 Session of 1993


        INTRODUCED BY ADOLPH, GEORGE, NYCE, DENT, LAWLESS, ROBERTS,
           CORNELL, M. N. WRIGHT, McGEEHAN, OLASZ, BUNT, COLAIZZO,
           YEWCIC, KELLER, JADLOWIEC, MELIO, FLICK, MICOZZIE, MARSICO,
           COLAFELLA, LEH, LAUGHLIN, McCALL, KASUNIC, DeLUCA, MASLAND,
           HARLEY AND STERN, MARCH 22, 1993

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND YOUTH, MARCH 22, 1993

                                     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     property tax and rent rebate.

    11     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    12  hereby enacts as follows:
    13     Section 1.  Section 4(a.1)(2) 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 July 11, 1985 (P.L.207, No.53), is
    17  amended to read:
    18     Section 4.  Property Tax; Rent Rebate and Inflation Cost.--
    19     (a.1)  * * *
    20     (2)  The amount of any claim for property tax rebate or rent


     1  rebate in lieu of property taxes for real property taxes or rent
     2  due and payable during calendar year 1985 and thereafter shall
     3  be determined in accordance with the following schedule:
     4                             Percentage of Real Property Taxes or
     5                                 Rent Rebate in Lieu of
     6     Household Income        Property Taxes Allowed as Rebate
     7      [$    0 - $4,999                       100%
     8       5,000 -  5,499                        100
     9       5,500 -  5,999                         90
    10       6,000 -  6,499                         80
    11       6,500 -  6,999                         70
    12       7,000 -  7,499                         60
    13       7,500 -  7,999                         50
    14       8,000 -  8,499                         40
    15       8,500 -  8,999                         35
    16       9,000 -  9,999                         25
    17      10,000 - 11,999                         20
    18      12,000 - 12,999                         15
    19      13,000 - 15,000                         10]
    20      $    0 - $7,500                        100%
    21       7,501 -  8,000                         90
    22       8,001 -  8,500                         80
    23       8,501 -  9,000                         70
    24       9,001 - 10,000                         60
    25      10,001 - 11,000                         50
    26      11,001 - 12,000                         40
    27      12,001 - 13,000                         30
    28      13,001 - 14,000                         25
    29      14,001 - 16,000                         20
    30      16,001 - 18,000                         15
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     1      18,001 - 20,000                         10
     2     * * *
     3     Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 1994.


















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