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PRINTER'S NO. 287
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
371
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, VULAKOVICH, GREENLEAF, BLAKE, FONTANA,
TEPLITZ, BREWSTER, WILEY, SMITH, COSTA, SCARNATI, BARTOLOTTA,
TARTAGLIONE, ALLOWAY, RAFFERTY, VOGEL, WOZNIAK, LEACH, WHITE,
YUDICHAK, MCGARRIGLE AND PILEGGI, JANUARY 30, 2015
REFERRED TO FINANCE, JANUARY 30, 2015
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance, further providing
for persons with military service-connected disabilities to
receive property tax exemptions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 2(c) of Article VIII be amended to read:
ยง 2. Exemptions and special provisions.
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(c) Citizens and residents of this Commonwealth, who served
in [any war or armed conflict in which the United States was
engaged] the armed forces of the United States and were
honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances
from active service, shall be exempt from the payment of all
real property taxes upon the residence occupied by the said
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