PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3210 PRINTER'S NO. 3312
No. 2296 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY SEMMEL, TIGUE, STERN, BEBKO-JONES, ADOLPH,
ARMSTRONG, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BLACKWELL, BOYD, BUNT,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAWLEY, COHEN, CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA,
CREIGHTON, CURRY, DeWEESE, FAIRCHILD, FRANKEL, GEORGE,
GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI,
HARPER, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN,
M. KELLER, KOTIK, LEH, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGEEHAN,
McILHATTAN, MICOZZIE, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, MUNDY, MUSTIO,
NAILOR, O'NEILL, PETRARCA, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, RAYMOND,
READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO,
SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, R. STEVENSON,
T. STEVENSON, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD, ZUG
AND WRIGHT, DECEMBER 5, 2005
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
DECEMBER 14, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for TUITION CREDIT <--
3 FOR CHILDREN AND SPOUSES OF DECEASED SOLDIERS AND FOR
4 retention of licenses of persons entering military service.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 3503(A), 7502 and 7503 of Title 51 of <--
8 the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
9 § 3503. TUITION CREDIT FOR CHILDREN AND SPOUSES OF DECEASED <--
10 SOLDIERS.
11 (A) GENERAL RULE.--THE CHILDREN AND UNMARRIED SURVIVING
12 SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD WHO WERE
13 KILLED OR DIE AS A RESULT OF INJURIES RECEIVED WHILE IN FEDERAL
1 OR STATE ACTIVE DUTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A 50% TUITION CREDIT
2 AT ALL PENNSYLVANIA STATE-OWNED COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES OR
3 APPROVED TRADE SCHOOLS IN THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR A PERIOD NOT
4 EXCEEDING EIGHT SEMESTERS OR FOUR YEARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
5 * * *
6 § 7502. Retention of licenses of persons entering military
7 service.
8 (a) General rule.--Any person licensed by the Department of
9 State, [or to whom a broker's license has been issued by the
10 Department of Insurance,] Department of Labor and Industry,
11 Department of Education, Insurance Department or Department of
12 Banking to practice any profession or to work at any trade or
13 occupation, who heretofore has or shall thereafter enlist or be
14 inducted or drafted into the military or naval service of the
15 United States in time of war or preparation for national defense
16 during a national emergency, shall not thereby forfeit his or
17 her current license or registration and shall be exempt from any
18 continuing educational requirements.
19 (b) Renewal of license following discharge.--Any such
20 person, upon presentation of a discharge from such service
21 within one year from date thereof, and upon payment of the fee
22 prescribed by law for the current renewal period only, shall be
23 entitled to a renewal of his or her license or registration in
24 the same manner as though such renewal had been made prior to
25 the expiration of his or her last preceding renewal, [and] as
26 though all intermediate renewal fees had been paid and as though
27 all continuing education requirements have been satisfied.
28 [§ 7503. Applicability of chapter.
29 This chapter shall apply specifically to any holder of any
30 license or certificate granted or renewed by any professional
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1 examining board within the Department of Education. It shall
2 also apply specifically to the holder of any license to act as a
3 real estate or insurance broker, or salesman, and to the holder
4 of a certificate to teach, a certificate as a school nurse, a
5 dental hygienist, or a home and school visitor of this
6 Commonwealth.]
7 Section 2. Title 51 is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 7503.1. Applicability of chapter.
9 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court may extend this chapter to
10 those licensed to practice law in this Commonwealth.
11 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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