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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1161

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 988 Session of 2003


        INTRODUCED BY CURRY, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, TIGUE,
           BISHOP, BROWNE, CAWLEY, CIVERA, WATSON, COSTA, COY, YUDICHAK,
           DALEY, DeLUCA, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HANNA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY,
           HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, TRAVAGLIO, WALKO, JAMES, LEACH, LEDERER,
           LEWIS, MACKERETH, McCALL, McGILL, MELIO, MUNDY, PALLONE,
           PETRARCA, READSHAW, ROBERTS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SHANER,
           SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, THOMAS AND WANSACZ, MARCH 26, 2003

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MARCH 26, 2003

                                     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," increasing the
    10     maximum amount of property tax or rent rebate payments.

    11     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    12  hereby enacts as follows:
    13     Section 1.  Section 4(b) 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 March 10, 1982 (P.L.177, No.56),
    17  is amended to read:
    18     Section 4.  Property Tax; Rent Rebate and Inflation Cost.--
    19     * * *


     1     (b)  No claim shall be allowed if the amount of property tax
     2  or rent rebate computed in accordance with this section is less
     3  than ten dollars ($10), and the maximum amount of property tax
     4  or rent rebate payable shall not exceed [five hundred dollars
     5  ($500)] one thousand dollars ($1,000).
     6     * * *
     7     Section 2.  This act shall apply to rebates and assistance
     8  for the tax year 2003 and each year thereafter.
     9     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.














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