PRINTER'S NO. 1122
No. 976 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY FUMO, MUSTO, STOUT, ANDREZESKI, LEWIS, HELFRICK,
REIBMAN, PORTERFIELD, LYNCH, WILLIAMS, SCANLON AND JONES,
MAY 31, 1989
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, MAY 31, 1989
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 proof of claim for rent or tax rebates.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 6 of the act of March 11, 1971 (P.L.104,
14 No.3), known as the Senior Citizens Rebate and Assistance Act,
15 reenacted and amended December 21, 1979 (P.L.570, No.131), is
16 amended to read:
17 Section 6. Proof of Claim.--(a) Each claim shall include
18 reasonable proof of household income, the size and nature of the
19 property claimed as a homestead and the rent or tax receipt, or
20 other proof that the real property taxes on the homestead have
21 been paid, or rent in connection with the occupancy of a
1 homestead has been paid. If the claimant is a widow, or widower,
2 a declaration of such status in such manner as prescribed by the
3 Secretary of Revenue shall be included. Proof that a claimant is
4 eligible to receive disability benefits under the Federal Social
5 Security Act shall constitute proof of disability under this
6 act. No person who has been found not to be disabled by the
7 social security administration shall be granted a rebate or
8 dividend under this act. A claimant not covered under the
9 Federal Social Security Act shall be examined by a physician
10 designated by the department and such status determined using
11 the same standards used by the social security administration.
12 It shall not be necessary that such taxes or rent were paid
13 directly by the claimant: Provided, That the rent or taxes have
14 been paid when the claim is filed. The first claim filed shall
15 include proof that the claimant or his spouse was age sixty-five
16 or over or fifty years or over in the case of a widow, or
17 widower, during the calendar year in which real property taxes
18 or rent were due and payable.
19 (b) For purposes of this section, the term "other proof that
20 the real property taxes on the homestead have been paid, or
21 rent" shall mean any written proof that the homestead's real
22 property taxes or rent have been paid, if the taxpayer attaches
23 to the proof an affidavit of authenticity, duly signed by the
24 taxpayer, landlord or tax collector, and dated. In any instance
25 where a person other than the taxpayer is requested to supply
26 that person's social security number, the request shall be
27 directory only, and not mandatory.
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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