PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 183 PRINTER'S NO. 414
No. 160 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY LLOYD, MILLER, WARGO, BELFANTI, WAMBACH, ITKIN,
PRATT, TRELLO, BURD, GRIECO, COLE, AFFLERBACH, CAWLEY, TIGUE,
BLAUM, KUKOVICH, MICHLOVIC, MERRY, WOGAN, KOSINSKI, PISTELLA,
RUDY, MORRIS, DeLUCA, HALUSKA, CIVERA, McINTYRE, CESSAR,
PETRARCA, ARTY, LETTERMAN, F. E. TAYLOR, SPITZ, D. R. WRIGHT,
MAIALE, SWEET, RICHARDSON, SHOWERS, McVERRY, MICOZZIE, CARN,
COY, WIGGINS, LUCYK, CIMINI, MRKONIC, TELEK, GRUPPO,
VAN HORNE AND STEVENS, FEBRUARY 8, 1983
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, MARCH 14, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 11, 1971 (P.L.104, No.3), entitled, as
2 reenacted and amended, "An act providing property tax or rent
3 rebate and inflation dividends to certain senior citizens,
4 widows, widowers and permanently disabled persons with
5 limited incomes; establishing uniform standards and
6 qualifications for eligibility to receive rebates and
7 dividends; providing for transportation assistance grants and
8 grants to area agencies on aging for services to older
9 persons; and imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue,"
10 further providing for the allowable percentage of real
11 property tax rebate or rent rebate.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 4(a.1) of the act of March 11, 1971
15 (P.L.104, No.3), known as the Senior Citizens Rebate and
16 Assistance Act, reenacted and amended June 16, 1975 (P.L.7,
17 No.4) and amended March 10, 1982 (P.L.177, No.56), is amended to
18 read:
19 Section 4. Property Tax; Rent Rebate and Inflation Cost.--
1 (a.1) (1) The amount of any claim for property tax rebate
2 or rent rebate in lieu of property taxes for real property taxes
3 or rent due and payable during calendar [year 1981 [and <--
4 thereafter] YEARS 1981 AND 1982 shall be determined in <--
5 accordance with the following schedule:
6 Percentage of Real Property Taxes or
7 Rent Rebate in Lieu of
8 Household Income Property Taxes Allowed as Rebate
9 $ 0 - $4,999 100%
10 5,000 - 5,999 80
11 6,000 - 6,999 60
12 7,000 - 7,999 40
13 8,000 - 8,999 20
14 9,000 - 11,999 10
15 (2) The amount of any claim for property tax rebate or rent
16 rebate in lieu of property taxes for real property taxes or rent
17 due and payable during calendar year 1982 1983 and thereafter <--
18 shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:
19 $ 0 - $4,999 100%
20 5,000 - 5,499 90
21 5,500 - 5,999 80
22 6,000 - 6,499 70
23 6,500 - 6,999 60
24 7,000 - 7,499 50
25 7,500 - 7,999 40
26 8,000 - 8,499 30
27 8,500 - 8,999 20
28 9,000 - 11,999 10
29 * * *
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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