PRINTER'S NO. 2017
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1308
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SIMS, FREEMAN, LONGIETTI, COHEN, BISHOP,
SCHLOSSBERG, SCHREIBER, THOMAS, DAVIS, CALTAGIRONE, V. BROWN,
MURT, PASHINSKI, KINSEY, McNEILL, ROEBUCK, M. DALEY,
BRADFORD, SCHWEYER AND DEAN, JULY 6, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JULY 6, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 27, 2006 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873,
No.1), entitled "An act providing for taxation by school
districts, for the State funds formula, for tax relief in
first class cities, for school district choice and voter
participation, for other school district options and for a
task force on school cost reduction; making an appropriation;
prohibiting prior authorized taxation; providing for
installment payment of taxes; restricting the power of
certain school districts to levy, assess and collect taxes;
and making related repeals," in senior citizens property tax
and rent rebate assistance, further providing for property
tax and rent rebate.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1304(a)(3) of the act of June 27, 2006
(1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Taxpayer Relief
Act, is amended and the subsection is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
Section 1304. Property tax; and rent rebate.
(a) Schedule of rebates.--
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(3) The amount of any claim for rent rebate in lieu of
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property taxes for rent due and payable during calendar year
2006 [and thereafter] through calendar year 2015 shall be
determined in accordance with the following:
Household Income
Amount of Rent Rebate in
Lieu of Property Taxes
Allowed as Rebate
$ 0 - $ 8,000 $650
8,001 - 15,000 500
(4) The amount of any claim for rent rebate in lieu of
property taxes for rent due and payable during calendar year
2016 and thereafter shall be determined in accordance with
the following:
Household Income
Amount of Rent Rebate in
Lieu of Property Taxes
Allowed as Rebate
$ 0 - $ 8,000 $650
8,001 - 20,000 500
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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