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AN ACT GRANTING TO SENIOR CITIZENS A MINIMUM OF FIVE PERCENT (5%) DISCOUNT ON THE FIRST 150 KILOWATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY AND ON THE FIRST 50 CUBIC METERS OF WATER CONSUMPTION, AND EXEMPTION FROM THE VALUE-ADDED TAX (VAT), AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS' ACT OF 2010
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EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT (AMENDMENTS)
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April 8, 2015
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Entitled: AN ACT GRANTING TO SENIOR CITIZENS A MINIMUM OF FIVE PERCENT (5%) DISCOUNT ON THE FIRST 150 KILOWATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY AND ON THE FIRST 50 CUBIC METERS OF WATER CONSUMPTION, AND EXEMPTION FROM THE VALUE-ADDED TAX (VAT), AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS' ACT OF 2010 [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2015 ] 8/4/2015 Introduced by Senator GRACE L. POE; 8/5/2015 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT; and WAYS AND MEANS; 10/1/2015 Letter of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA dated September 17, 2015, requesting that she be made coauthor of SBN-2884, received by the LBIS; (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, all Senate Bills pending in the committee/s, with pertinent documents, transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service, for safekeeping and preservation on July 19, 2016) (Prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, Legislative Bills and Index Service)