PRINTER'S NO. 1978
No. 1571 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY ZUG, ADOLPH, BUNT, BELFANTI, CAPPELLI, CORRIGAN,
COSTA, CREIGHTON, DALLY, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, FICHTER, GEIST,
GEORGE, GOODMAN, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HERMAN, HORSEY,
HUTCHINSON, LAUGHLIN, LEH, LEWIS, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, PALLONE,
READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROBERTS, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER,
SHANER, SOLOBAY, T. STEVENSON, E. Z. TAYLOR, TURZAI, WATERS
AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 10, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JUNE 10, 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," further providing for
10 property tax and rent rebate eligibility.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 4(a.1) 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 and July 11, 1985 (P.L.207, No.53), is amended to read:
18 Section 4. Property Tax; Rent Rebate and Inflation Cost.--
19 (a.1) (1) The amount of any claim for property tax rebate
1 or rent rebate in lieu of property taxes for real property taxes
2 or rent due and payable during calendar years 1981, 1982, 1983
3 and 1984 shall be determined in accordance with the following
4 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 - 5,999 80
10 6,000 - 6,999 60
11 7,000 - 7,999 40
12 8,000 - 8,999 20
13 9,000 - 11,999 10
14 (2) The amount of any claim for property tax rebate or rent
15 rebate in lieu of property taxes for real property taxes or rent
16 due and payable during calendar year 1985 [and thereafter]
17 through calendar year 2002 shall be determined in accordance
18 with the following schedule:
19 Percentage of Real Property Taxes or
20 Rent Rebate in Lieu of
21 Household Income Property Taxes Allowed as Rebate
22 $ 0 - $4,999 100%
23 5,000 - 5,499 100
24 5,500 - 5,999 90
25 6,000 - 6,499 80
26 6,500 - 6,999 70
27 7,000 - 7,499 60
28 7,500 - 7,999 50
29 8,000 - 8,499 40
30 8,500 - 8,999 35
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1 9,000 - 9,999 25
2 10,000 - 11,999 20
3 12,000 - 12,999 15
4 13,000 - 15,000 10
5 (3) The amount of any claim for property tax rebate for real
6 property taxes due and payable during calendar year 2003 and
7 thereafter shall be determined in accordance with the following
8 schedule:
9 Percentage of Real Property Taxes
10 Household Income Allowed as Rebate
11 $ 0 - $9,999 100%
12 10,000 - 10,999 90
13 11,000 - 11,999 80
14 12,000 - 12,999 70
15 13,000 - 13,999 60
16 14,000 - 14,999 50
17 15,000 - 17,499 40
18 17,500 - 19,999 35
19 20,000 - 22,499 25
20 22,500 - 24,999 20
21 25,000 - 27,499 15
22 27,500 - 30,000 10
23 (4) The amount of any claim for a rent rebate in lieu of
24 property taxes for rent due and payable during calendar year
25 2003 and thereafter shall be determined in accordance with the
26 following schedule:
27 Percentage of Rent
28 Rebate in Lieu of
29 Household Income Property Taxes Allowed as Rebate
30 $ 0 - $5,499 100%
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1 5,500 - 5,999 90
2 6,000 - 6,499 80
3 6,500 - 6,999 70
4 7,000 - 7,499 60
5 7,500 - 7,999 50
6 8,000 - 8,499 40
7 8,500 - 8,999 35
8 9,000 - 9,999 25
9 10,000 - 11,999 20
10 12,000 - 12,999 15
11 13,000 - 15,000 10
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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