PRINTER'S NO. 258
No. 254 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WAGNER, MELLOW, BODACK, LAVALLE, COSTA, STOUT,
HELFRICK, TARTAGLIONE, KITCHEN, STACK, O'PAKE, EARLL,
BOSCOLA, MUSTO, GREENLEAF, RHOADES, BELL, KUKOVICH, LOGAN,
M. WHITE AND HUGHES, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
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 "maximum annual income."
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. The definition of "maximum annual income" in
11 section 502 of the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91),
12 known as the State Lottery Law, added November 21, 1996
13 (P.L.741, No.134), is amended to read:
14 Section 502. Definitions.
15 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
16 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
17 context clearly indicates otherwise:
18 * * *
19 "Maximum annual income." For PACE eligibility, the term
1 shall mean annual income which shall not exceed $14,000 in the
2 case of single persons nor $17,200 in the case of the combined
3 annual income of persons married to each other. Persons may, in
4 reporting income to the Department of Aging, round the amount of
5 each source of income and the income total to the nearest whole
6 dollar, whereby any amount which is less than 50¢ is eliminated.
7 Beginning January 1, 2002 and each January 1 thereafter, the
8 maximum annual income shall be increased by an annual cost-of-
9 living increase calculated by applying the percentage change in
10 the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the
11 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the
12 most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
13 officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
14 Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
15 adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current annual
16 income amounts authorized. The percentage increase and the
17 annual income amounts shall be determined by the Department of
18 Aging prior to the annual effective date of the adjustment and
19 shall be published by the Secretary of Aging in the Pennsylvania
20 Bulletin within 20 days of the date the determination is made.
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22 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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