It is being introduced by Representative Bill Swenson and Senator Tillman Bishop. Directs the finance committees of the senate and the house of representatives to review these amounts every 2 years beginning in 1999, considering the federal poverty index and other information, and to determine whether they should be modified. Makes conforming amendments to set the maximum income levels consistent with the increased grant amounts. The PTCC has worked two years to bring this issue affecting low income seniors and people with disabilities to this essential point. We continue to advise that the value of the rebate be restored to the equivalent of 1980.
Success is now in the hands of concerned citizens and organizations, and their legislature.
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