PRINTER'S NO. 41
No. 43 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BELL, JANUARY 22, 2001
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, JANUARY 22, 2001
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 claim limits and for funding.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 4(b) 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), is amended to read:
17 Section 4. Property Tax; Rent Rebate and Inflation Cost.--
18 * * *
19 (b) No claim shall be allowed if the amount of property tax
20 or rent rebate computed in accordance with this section is less
21 than ten dollars ($10)[, and]; and, unless there is a budget
1 surplus under section 8(b), the maximum amount of property tax
2 or rent rebate payable shall not exceed five hundred dollars
3 ($500).
4 * * *
5 Section 2. Section 8 of the act, amended June 25, 1999,
6 (P.L.226, No.30), is amended to read:
7 Section 8. Funds for Payment of Claims.--(a) Approved
8 claims shall be paid from the State Lottery Fund established by
9 the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the "State
10 Lottery Law."
11 (b) Upon the department's certification to the State
12 Treasurer that a budget surplus is projected for a fiscal year,
13 the State Treasurer shall transfer fifty per cent of the
14 projected surplus to the State Lottery Fund for distribution to
15 claimants in the proportion that each claim bears to the total
16 amount of claims.
17 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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