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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SONNEY, BARRAR, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GROVE, HENNESSEY, HESS, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MARSHALL, METZGAR, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SWANGER AND VULAKOVICH, JANUARY 31, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, JANUARY 31, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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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 providing for the definition of "income." |
8 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
9 | hereby enacts as follows: |
10 | Section 1. The definition of "income" in section 502 of the |
11 | act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State |
12 | Lottery Law, amended November 26, 2003 (P.L.212, No.37), is |
13 | 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: |
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19 | "Income." All income from whatever source derived, |
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1 | including, but not limited to, salaries, wages, bonuses, |
2 | commissions, income from self-employment, alimony, support |
3 | money, cash public assistance and relief, the gross amount of |
4 | any pensions or annuities, including railroad retirement |
5 | benefits, all benefits received under the Social Security Act |
6 | (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et. seq.) (except Medicare |
7 | benefits), all benefits received under State unemployment |
8 | insurance laws and veterans' disability payments, all interest |
9 | received from the Federal Government or any state government or |
10 | any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, realized |
11 | capital gains, rentals, workmen's compensation and the gross |
12 | amount of loss of time insurance benefits, life insurance |
13 | benefits and proceeds, except the first $10,000 of the total of |
14 | death benefits payments, and gifts of cash or property, other |
15 | than transfers by gift between members of a household, in excess |
16 | of a total value of $300, but shall not include surplus food or |
17 | other relief in kind supplied by a government agency, the |
18 | principal and any interest accrued from a savings bond or |
19 | property tax rebate. |
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21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011, or |
22 | immediately, whichever is later. |
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