THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended as follows:
TITLE 19. FINANCE, TAXES AND COLLECTIONS.
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CHAPTER 19-2900. SENIOR CITIZEN LOW INCOME SPECIAL TAX PROVISIONS.
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§19-2902. Definitions.
As used in this Chapter:
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Senior citizen. A taxpayer who is sixty-five years of age or over, or whose spouse, if a member of the household, is sixty-five years of age or over, during a calendar year in which real property taxes are due and [payable]
payable;
or [was a widow or widower]
is both
the surviving unmarried spouse
of someone who was sixty-five years of age or over and
[was] fifty years of age or over during a calendar year in which real estate taxes were due and payable. [For the purpose of this Chapter, the term “widow” or “widower” shall mean the surviving unmarried wife or the surviving unmarried husband, as the case may be, of a deceased individual.]
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SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately.
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Explanation:
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