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PRINTER'S NO. 1949
No. 1569 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, POTT, CESSAR, GAMBLE, BOOK, DeLUCA,
ITKIN, MARMION, DAWIDA, COWELL, PRESTON, DUFFY, VAN HORNE,
OLASZ, MICHLOVIC, PETRONE, MRKONIC, TRELLO, PISTELLA AND
MAYERNIK, OCTOBER 12, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS,
OCTOBER 12, 1983
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, authorizing a tax exemption to surviving
3 spouses of certain veterans.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
8 That section 2(c) of Article VIII be amended to read:
9 § 2. Exemptions and special provisions.
10 * * *
11 (c) Citizens and residents of this Commonwealth, who served
12 in any war or armed conflict in which the United States was
13 engaged and were honorably discharged or released under
14 honorable circumstances from active service, shall be exempt
15 from the payment of all real property taxes upon the residence
16 occupied by the said citizens and residents of this Commonwealth
1 imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any of its
2 political subdivisions if, as a result of military service, they
3 are blind, paraplegic or double or quadruple amputees or have a
4 service-connected disability declared by the United States
5 Veterans' Administration or its successor to be a total or 100%
6 permanent disability, and if the State Veterans' Commission
7 determines that such persons are in need of the tax exemptions
8 granted herein. This exemption shall be extended to the
9 surviving spouse upon the death of an eligible veteran.
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