PRINTER'S NO. 841
No. 783 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY SPITZ, CIMINI, SEVENTY, MRKONIC, MORRIS,
CALTAGIRONE, HORGOS, TIGUE, GRUPPO, PETRARCA, PUNT, LEHR,
FISCHER, DAVIES, TELEK, LETTERMAN, ROCKS, WILSON, GAMBLE,
ARTY, CIVERA, BELARDI, PENDLETON, JOHNSON, FREIND, CORNELL,
MILLER, JACKSON, COCHRAN, BELFANTI, ZWIKL, BROWN, PISTELLA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, SALVATORE, CAPPABIANCA AND MICOZZIE,
MARCH 10, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 10, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), entitled
2 "An act concerning townships of the first class; amending,
3 revising, consolidating, and changing the law relating
4 thereto," authorizing real estate tax reductions for certain
5 senior citizens.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331),
9 known as "The First Class Township Code," reenacted and amended
10 May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569), is amended by adding a section
11 to read:
12 Section 1713. Real Estate Tax Reductions for Senior
13 Citizens.--The township may establish a uniform system of real
14 estate tax reductions for residential property belonging to any
15 person sixty-five years of age or older, or whose spouse is
16 sixty-five years of age or older, and whose total annual
17 household income is nine thousand dollars or less.
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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