PRINTER'S NO. 1529
No. 1086 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, D. WHITE, KASUNIC, KITCHEN, PIPPY,
PICCOLA, WENGER, WAGNER, LEMMOND, TOMLINSON, KUKOVICH,
PILEGGI, GORDNER, MUSTO, MOWERY, M. WHITE, TARTAGLIONE, PUNT,
WAUGH, C. WILLIAMS, EARLL, ERICKSON, BOSCOLA, RAFFERTY, ORIE,
COSTA AND WOZNIAK, APRIL 7, 2004
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
APRIL 7, 2004
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further defining "soldier."
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 7101 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 7101. Soldier defined.
8 As used in this chapter, "soldier" means a person who served
9 or hereafter serves in the armed forces of the United States, or
10 in any women's organization officially connected therewith,
11 during any war or armed conflict in which the United States
12 engaged[, or] and who was released from active duty under
13 honorable conditions, other than from periods of active duty for
14 training, or with an honorable discharge from such service, or a
15 person who so served or hereafter serves in the armed forces of
16 the United States, or in any women's organization officially
1 connected therewith, since July 27, 1953, including service in
2 Vietnam, and who has an honorable discharge from such service.
3 Qualifying periods of service during a war or armed conflict,
4 for purposes of this provision, will be designated by the
5 Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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