PRINTER'S NO. 313
No. 283 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BARD, RUBLEY, COY, GEORGE, BUNT, GIGLIOTTI, PESCI,
GORDNER, OLASZ, B. SMITH, FAIRCHILD, READSHAW, TIGUE,
STABACK, REBER, VAN HORNE, SCHRODER, MARKOSEK, CASORIO,
DeLUCA, ITKIN, STEELMAN, CIVERA, E. Z. TAYLOR, LEVDANSKY,
HERMAN, SURRA, MELIO, MANDERINO, CARONE, TRAVAGLIO, HALUSKA,
PLATTS, McCALL, GEIST, CORNELL, L. I. COHEN, SAYLOR,
LAUGHLIN, CORPORA, GODSHALL, ROONEY, HENNESSEY, COLAFELLA AND
MILLER, FEBRUARY 5, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 5, 1997
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) and (b) of the act of March 11,
14 1971 (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 March 10, 1982 (P.L.177, No.56)
17 and July 11, 1985 (P.L.207, No.53), are amended to read:
18 Section 4. Property Tax; Rent Rebate and Inflation Cost.--
19 (a.1) * * *
1 (2) The amount of any claim for property tax rebate or rent
2 rebate in lieu of property taxes for real property taxes or rent
3 due and payable during calendar year 1985 and thereafter shall
4 be determined in accordance with the following schedule:
5 Percentage of Real Property Taxes or
6 Rent Rebate in Lieu of
7 Household Income Property Taxes Allowed as Rebate
8 [$ 0 - $4,999 100%
9 5,000 - 5,499 100
10 5,500 - 5,999 90
11 6,000 - 6,499 80
12 6,500 - 6,999 70
13 7,000 - 7,499 60
14 7,500 - 7,999 50
15 8,000 - 8,499 40
16 8,500 - 8,999 35
17 9,000 - 9,999 25
18 10,000 - 11,999 20
19 12,000 - 12,999 15
20 13,000 - 15,000 10]
21 $ 0 - $7,500 100%
22 7,501 - 8,000 90
23 8,001 - 8,500 80
24 8,501 - 9,000 70
25 9,001 - 10,000 60
26 10,001 - 11,000 50
27 11,001 - 12,000 40
28 12,001 - 13,000 30
29 13,001 - 14,000 25
30 14,001 - 16,000 20
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1 16,001 - 18,000 15
2 18,001 - 20,000 10
3 * * *
4 (b) No claim shall be allowed if the amount of property tax
5 or rent rebate computed in accordance with this section is less
6 than ten dollars ($10), and the maximum amount of property tax
7 or rent rebate payable shall not exceed [five hundred dollars
8 ($500).] the amounts in the following schedule:
9 Household Income Maximum
10 $ 0 - $6,999 $700
11 7,000 - 8,999 600
12 9,000 - 15,000 500
13 * * *
14 Section 2. This act shall apply to rebates for rent and
15 property taxes due and payable for the 1997 calendar year.
16 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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