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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 35-224(e) AND (f); 35-225(c); AND 35-226 PERTAINING TO EXEMPTION OF REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR CERTAIN ELDERLY PEOPLE AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED PEOPLE. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Sections 35-224(e) and 35-225(c); and 35-226 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended to read as follows: (f); Section 35-224. Eligibility for exemption. (e) The total combined income from all sources for the immediately preceding calendar year of the owner or owners claiming tax exemption and of the owner or owner's relatives or cther household member living in the subject dwelling shall not exceed Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.) providing the first Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.) of income of each relative other than spouse or other household member of the owner or owners who is living in the dwelling shall not be included in such total. (f) The net combined financial worth, including equitable interests, as of the 31st day of December of the immediately preceding calendar year, of the owner or owners and of the spouse of any owner, excluding the value of the dwelling and the land, not exceeding one acre, upon which it is situated, shall not exceed Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.). Section 35-225. Qualifying for exemption. (c) If such person is under 65 years of age, the affidavit shall have attached thereto a certification by the Veteran's Administration or the Railroad Retirement Board, or if such person is not eligible for certification by any of these agencies, a sworn affidavit by two medical doctors licensed to p~actice medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia to the effect that such person is permanently and totally disabled, as defined in Section 35-221 hereof. The affidavit of at least one of the doctors shall be based upon a physical examination of the person by such doctor. The affidavit of one of the doctors may be based upon medical information contained in the records of the Civil Service Commission which is relevent to the standards for determining permanent and total disability as defined in Section 35-221 hereof.