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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2015 - 2016 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: December 10, 2014 11:26 AM
From: Senator Jay Costa
To: All Senate members
Subject: Allegheny County Senior Citizen Property Tax Relief
 
Please join me in co-sponsoring legislation introduced as Senate Bill 386 in the 2013-2014 legislative session. The bill was co-sponsored by Senators Kitchen, Browne, Smith, Ferlo, Fontana, Brewster, and Washington.

Currently, Allegheny County reduces property taxes for longtime senior citizen owner occupants pursuant to the First and Second Class County Property Tax Relief Act. To be eligible for this program a person must meet all three of the following requirements:
  • A senior must have owned and occupied a primary residence in Allegheny County continuously for the past 10 years. A property owner who has moved within the past 10 years, and has continued to own and occupy the new property as a primary residence is eligible.
  • The person must be age 60 or older, or if married either spouse must be age 60; be a widow or widower age 50 to 60 years; or permanently disabled and age 18 to 60 years.
  • The person must have a gross household income of $30,000 or less.
However, it has come to my attention that in a few very limited circumstances there are otherwise eligible individuals who do not currently qualify for this program because of a period of interrupted property ownership in the county. For instance, a person who was a longtime owner occupant of property who dissolved their personal owner occupant status to move in with an elderly relative to care for them. Thereafter, they became an owner occupant of property in the county and would otherwise be eligible, but for the interrupted period of ownership.

My legislation will modify the property ownership requirement only to make an individual eligible for this county program if the person was the owner occupier of a primary residence in the county for a period of at least twenty (20) years, moved for a period of time and then resumed status as an owner occupier of a primary residence in the county for not less than two (2) years.

Please join me in sponsoring this legislation.



Introduced as SB504


Memo Updated: December 10, 2014 11:27 AM