PRINTER'S NO. 186
No. 141 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY RHOADES, ORIE, BROWNE, TOMLINSON, COSTA, BOSCOLA,
RAFFERTY, FONTANA, STOUT, PIPPY, TARTAGLIONE, PUNT,
ARMSTRONG, KASUNIC, ERICKSON, MUSTO, WAUGH, FOLMER, O'PAKE,
ROBBINS, WOZNIAK, GREENLEAF, REGOLA, STACK, MELLOW AND LOGAN,
MARCH 5, 2007
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, MARCH 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), entitled
2 "An act providing for a State Lottery and administration
3 thereof; authorizing the creation of a State Lottery
4 Commission; prescribing its powers and duties; disposition of
5 funds; violations and penalties therefor; exemption of prizes
6 from State and local taxation and making an appropriation,"
7 further defining "income" for pharmaceutical assistance to
8 exclude certain veteran disability payments.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The definition of "income" in section 502 of the
12 act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State
13 Lottery Law, amended November 26, 2003 (P.L.212, No.37), is
14 amended to read:
15 Section 502. Definitions.
16 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
17 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
18 context clearly indicates otherwise:
19 * * *
1 "Income." All income from whatever source derived,
2 including, but not limited to, salaries, wages, bonuses,
3 commissions, income from self-employment, alimony, support
4 money, cash public assistance and relief, the gross amount of
5 any pensions or annuities, including railroad retirement
6 benefits, all benefits received under the Social Security Act
7 (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et. seq.) (except Medicare
8 benefits), all benefits received under State unemployment
9 insurance laws and veterans' disability payments (except
10 payments of service-related disability compensation received as
11 a result of active service in the United States Armed Forces or
12 the National Guard), all interest received from the Federal
13 Government or any state government or any instrumentality or
14 political subdivision thereof, realized capital gains, rentals,
15 workmen's compensation and the gross amount of loss of time
16 insurance benefits, life insurance benefits and proceeds, except
17 the first $10,000 of the total of death benefits payments, and
18 gifts of cash or property, other than transfers by gift between
19 members of a household, in excess of a total value of $300, but
20 shall not include surplus food or other relief in kind supplied
21 by a government agency or property tax rebate.
22 * * *
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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