PRINTER'S NO. 3072
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2560
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY SAMUELSON, McCLINTON, HARRIS, ABNEY, BENHAM,
BIZZARRO, BOYLE, BRADFORD, BRIGGS, A. BROWN, BURGOS, BURNS,
CEPHAS, CIRESI, CONKLIN, COVINGTON, CRUZ, DALEY, A. DAVIS,
T. DAVIS, DAWKINS, DEASY, DeLISSIO, DELLOSO, DeLUCA,
DRISCOLL, FIEDLER, FITZGERALD, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY,
GUENST, HANBIDGE, HARKINS, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, HOWARD,
INNAMORATO, ISAACSON, KENYATTA, KIM, KINKEAD, KINSEY,
KIRKLAND, KOSIEROWSKI, KRAJEWSKI, KRUEGER, KULIK, LONGIETTI,
R. MACKENZIE, MADDEN, MALAGARI, MARKOSEK, MATZIE, McNEILL,
MERSKI, D. MILLER, MULLINS, NEILSON, N. NELSON, O'MARA,
OTTEN, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PISCIOTTANO, RABB, ROZZI, SAINATO,
SANCHEZ, SAPPEY, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, SHUSTERMAN, SIMS,
SNYDER, SOLOMON, STURLA, VITALI, WARREN, WEBSTER, WELBY,
D. WILLIAMS, YOUNG, ZABEL, CURRY, HERRIN AND BULLOCK,
APRIL 27, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES,
APRIL 27, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
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and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," providing for property tax and rent rebate
supplemental payments; transferring funds from the COVID-19
Response Restricted Account to the State Lottery Fund; and
making an appropriation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding an article to read:
ARTICLE I-K
PROPERTY TAX AND RENT REBATE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS
Section 101-K. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Taxpayer Relief Act." The act of June 27, 2006 (1st
Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Taxpayer Relief Act.
Section 102-K. Payments.
(a) General rule.--The Department of Revenue shall issue a
one-time supplemental rebate to a claimant who received a rebate
of real property tax or rent under Chapter 13 of the Taxpayer
Relief Act in the 2021 calendar year.
(b) Amount.--The amount of the supplement shall equal the
amount paid as a rebate for real property tax or rent for the
calendar year 2021.
(c) Applicability.--The supplemental rebate issued under
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this article shall be issued notwithstanding limitations in
section 1304(b) of the Taxpayer Relief Act.
Section 103-K. Transfer of funds.
The sum of $204,000,000 is transferred from the COVID-19
Response Restricted Account to the State Lottery Fund for one-
time supplemental payments issued in accordance with this
article.
Section 2. The amount of $204,000,000 is appropriated from
the State Lottery Fund for one-time supplemental payments issued
in accordance with Article I-K of the act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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