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AN ACT GRANTING SENIOR CITIZENS WHOSE INCOME IS NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (PHP 120,000.00) PER ANNUM TWENTY PERCENT (20%) DISCOUNT ON ELECTRICITY, WATER AND TELEPHONE BILLS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 2 AND 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAXIMIZING THE CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR CITIZENS TO NATION BUILDING, GRANT BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
July 1, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00813 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT GRANTING SENIOR CITIZENS WHOSE INCOME IS NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (PHP 120,000.00) PER ANNUM TWENTY PERCENT (20%) DISCOUNT ON ELECTRICITY, WATER AND TELEPHONE BILLS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 2 AND 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAXIMIZING THE CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR CITIZENS TO NATION BUILDING, GRANT BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill grants senior citizens whose income is less than P120,000.00 per annum, 20% discount on their electricity, water and telephone bills, amending for the purpose Sections 2 and 4 of Republic Act No. 7432. Senior citizens are now in the twilight years of their lives and most of them, having retired from work, have no sufficient income to support their families, particularly at this time when prices of commodities have skyrocketed beyond the reach of minimum wage earners. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : JOAQUIN, ULIRAN T., ABAYON, HARLIN CAST | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Olano (008 ) | 2. Codilla (014 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON POPULATION AND FAMILY RELATIONS ON 2004-07-28 |
Abstract
The bill grants senior citizens whose income is less than P120,000.00 per annum, 20% discount on their electricity, water and telephone bills, amending for the purpose Sections 2 and 4 of Republic Act No. 7432. Senior citizens are now in the twilight years of their lives and most of them, having retired from work, have no sufficient income to support their families, particularly at this time when prices of commodities have skyrocketed beyond the reach of minimum wage earners.'
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