PRINTER'S NO. 288
No. 282 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, ROBBINS, TOMLINSON, LEMMOND, STACK,
WAGNER, BOSCOLA, COSTA, EARLL, KUKOVICH, LAVALLE, O'PAKE,
RHOADES, TARTAGLIONE, THOMPSON, WAUGH, M. WHITE, SCARNATI,
KASUNIC AND LOGAN, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
REFERRED TO MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for eligibility for
3 paralyzed veteran's pension.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 7702 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 7702. Paralyzed veteran's pension.
9 (a) Amount and eligibility.--In addition to any other
10 assistance provided by the Commonwealth and in addition to any
11 compensation provided by the Federal Government, every paralyzed
12 veteran shall be paid a pension of $150 per month. Applications
13 for the pensions shall be made to and in the form prescribed by
14 the department. The Adjutant General shall determine the
15 eligibility of every applicant for a pension, and his decision
16 in the matter shall be final.
17 (b) Regulations.--The Adjutant General shall promulgate such
1 regulations as may be necessary to implement this program.
2 (c) Definition.--As used in this section the term "paralyzed
3 veteran" means any person who served in the military or naval
4 forces of the United States, or any woman's organization
5 officially connected therewith, [during an established war or
6 armed conflict service dates,] and who gave this Commonwealth as
7 [his] that person's place of residence at the time of entering
8 the military or naval forces of the United States [and is
9 currently a resident of this Commonwealth] and who, while
10 performing duties connected with [that] such service, suffered
11 an injury or incurred a disease which resulted in the loss or
12 loss of use of two or more extremities. The term does not
13 include any person separated from the military or naval forces
14 of the United States, or any woman's organization officially
15 connected therewith, under other than honorable conditions. The
16 term shall include [persons who have] any person who has been
17 paralyzed as a result of peacetime combat-related actions as
18 defined by the Department of Military Affairs. The department
19 shall, by regulation, establish criteria to determine
20 eligibility based on participation in a peacetime combat-related
21 situation, which shall include, but not be limited to, hostile
22 fire or terrorist attack.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001, or
24 immediately, whichever occurs later.
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