PRINTER'S NO. 2056
No. 1621 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY SEMMEL, TIGUE, STERN, LEH, ADOLPH, BAKER, BARRAR,
BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BOYD, BUNT,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER, CRAHALLA, DALEY,
FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HARRIS, HERSHEY, HESS,
HUTCHINSON, JAMES, MANN, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MICOZZIE,
MILLARD, S. MILLER, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, RAPP,
READSHAW, REICHLEY, SHANER, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRUE,
WALKO, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK, ZUG AND KAUFFMAN,
JUNE 3, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 3, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the duty of the
3 State Veterans' Commission.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8904 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 8904. Duty of commission.
9 The commission shall:
10 (1) Fix uniform and equitable standards for determining
11 the need for exemption from the payment of real estate taxes
12 granted by this act.
13 (2) After submission of proof of need by the applicant
14 for the exemption from payment of real estate taxes,
1 determine the need of the applicant.
2 (3) Review at least once every [two] five years all
3 determinations of need for exemptions from the payment of
4 real estate taxes which have been granted in order to
5 determine any changes in the economic status of applicants
6 bearing upon the question of need.
7 (4) Certify the name and address and the need for
8 exemption from payment of real estate taxes, or termination
9 of such need, to the board for the assessment and revision of
10 taxes, or similar board for the assessment of taxes, having
11 jurisdiction of the assessment of the real property owned
12 solely or as an estate by the entirety and occupied as a
13 residence by the person seeking the tax exemption granted by
14 this chapter.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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