PRINTER'S NO. 3413
No. 2351 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY J. WHITE, MELIO, FAIRCHILD, GRUCELA, PALLONE,
SOLOBAY, BRENNAN, REICHLEY, GEORGE, BELFANTI, GOODMAN,
FRANKEL, BENNINGTON, READSHAW, CALTAGIRONE, McGEEHAN,
CREIGHTON, HORNAMAN, YOUNGBLOOD, PETRARCA, BIANCUCCI,
MAHONEY, KOTIK, SCAVELLO, MURT, M. SMITH, MYERS, HARHAI AND
KULA, MARCH 12, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 12, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for eligibility and
3 qualification requirements.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8703 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 8703. Eligibility and qualification requirements.
9 (a) Eligibility standards.--The following requirements shall
10 be used to determine the eligibility of applicants for
11 educational gratuity payments. The applicant shall be:
12 (1) Not less than 16 years of age nor more than 23 years
13 of age.
14 (2) The child of an eligible disabled or deceased
15 veteran.
16 (3) A resident of this Commonwealth for a period of five
1 years immediately preceding the date the application was
2 filed.
3 (b) Qualification determination.--The commission shall
4 determine qualified applicants based on the following
5 requirements:
6 (1) The applicant meets the requirements of subsection
7 (a).
8 (2) The applicant is attending an approved educational
9 institution.
10 [(3) The applicant demonstrates a financial need for the
11 educational gratuity.]
12 (c) Appeal.--Any aggrieved applicant may appeal the decision
13 of the commission to the Adjutant General under the provisions
14 of Title 2 (relating to administrative law and procedure).
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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