PRINTER'S NO. 1161
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).
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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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