Under current law, the Secretary of Revenue is authorized to extend the deadline for filing property tax/rent rebate applications past the June 30 deadline to December 31, if funds are available to make the payment. The extension of this deadline has happened for at least the last 20 years.  Even though this extension has become routine, those who rely on this program should not have to play a guessing game to see if they have until December 31 to apply each year.

My proposal would remove this meaningless deadline and set the deadline for December 31 every year. This will remove the annual suspense over whether the secretary will extend the deadline and provide consistency for applicants.

Please join me in co-sponsoring this important legislation.