PRINTER'S NO. 187
No. 171 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, KASUNIC, COWELL, KUKOVICH, LINTON, WILSON,
DeWEESE, GEIST, VAN HORNE, J. L. WRIGHT, HALUSKA, BALDWIN,
DAVIES, ARTY, PETRARCA, MAIALE, DALEY, HERMAN, ANGSTADT,
NAHILL, PUNT, RYBAK, COLAFELLA, BELFANTI, HOWLETT, JOHNSON,
FISCHER, SWEET, DAWIDA, CORNELL, RUDY, MAYERNIK,
E. Z. TAYLOR, PRESTON, CIVERA, HERSHEY, POTT, FREIND,
KOSINSKI, BOOK, MICOZZIE, MICHLOVIC, FLICK, ITKIN, MARKOSEK,
FREEMAN, CORDISCO, McVERRY, McCALL, BURD, ACOSTA, PRATT,
BELARDI, PISTELLA, MRKONIC, OLASZ, STEVENS, CIMINI, TELEK AND
JOSEPHS, FEBRUARY 5, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 5, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 11, 1971 (P.L.104, No.3), entitled, as
2 reenacted and amended, "An act providing property tax or rent
3 rebate and inflation dividends to certain senior citizens,
4 widows, widowers and permanently disabled persons with
5 limited incomes; establishing uniform standards and
6 qualifications for eligibility to receive rebates and
7 dividends; providing for transportation assistance grants and
8 grants to area agencies on aging for services to older
9 persons; and imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue,"
10 increasing eligibility under the property tax or rent rebate
11 and inflation dividend.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 4(a.1) and (a.2) of the act of March 11,
15 1971 (P.L.104, No.3), known as the Senior Citizens Rebate and
16 Assistance Act, reenacted and amended June 16, 1975 (P.L.7,
17 No.4) and amended March 10, 1982 (P.L.177, No.56), are amended
18 to read:
1 Section 4. Property Tax; Rent Rebate and Inflation Cost.--
2 (a.1) The amount of any claim for property tax rebate or
3 rent rebate in lieu of property taxes for real property taxes or
4 rent due and payable during calendar year 1981 and thereafter
5 shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:
6 Percentage of Real Property Taxes or
7 Rent Rebate in Lieu of
8 Household Income Property Taxes Allowed as Rebate
9 $ 0 - $4,999 100%
10 5,000 - 5,999 80
11 6,000 - 6,999 60
12 7,000 - 7,999 40
13 8,000 - 8,999 20
14 9,000 - [11,999] 15,000 10
15 (a.2) To all claimants eligible for a property tax or rent
16 rebate there shall be paid an inflation dividend determined in
17 accordance with the following schedule:
18 Household Income Dividend
19 $ 0 - 4,999 $125
20 5,000 - 5,999 100
21 6,000 - 6,999 75
22 7,000 - 7,999 60
23 8,000 - 8,999 45
24 9,000 - [11,999] 15,000 30
25 * * *
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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