PRINTER'S NO. 420
No. 358 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY MELLOW, D. WHITE, O'PAKE, COSTA, KASUNIC, LAVALLE,
MUSTO, FUMO, STOUT, HUGHES, LOGAN, WOZNIAK, KITCHEN, STACK,
FERLO, C. WILLIAMS, A. WILLIAMS, BOSCOLA, TARTAGLIONE,
THOMPSON, PUNT, LEMMOND, TOMLINSON, EARLL, M. WHITE, PILEGGI,
ERICKSON, ORIE, GREENLEAF, RAFFERTY AND PIPPY, MARCH 16, 2005
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
MARCH 16, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, defining "combat zone;" and further
3 providing for limitations in educational assistance program.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3201 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
8 § 3201. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
10 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 * * *
13 "Combat zone." An area designated by Presidential Executive
14 order as a combat zone as described in section 7508 of the
15 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. §
16 7508).
1 * * *
2 Section 2. Section 3206 of Title 51 is amended to read:
3 § 3206. Limitations.
4 (a) Time.--[No]
5 (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), no
6 member shall be eligible for full-time or part-time student
7 assistance grants or a combination thereof under this chapter
8 for a total of more than five academic years or their
9 equivalent as determined by the agency.
10 (2) For any member who served on active duty in a combat
11 zone, eligibility for such grants shall be extended for a
12 period not less than one year and no greater than one
13 additional month for each month or part of month of such
14 service.
15 (b) Active duty.--[No]
16 (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), no
17 grant payments shall be made under this chapter except during
18 the eligible member's term of service as a member in good
19 standing of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
20 (2) For eligible members who were called or ordered to
21 active Federal service or active State duty under section 508
22 (relating to active State duty for emergency) after September
23 11, 2001, the deadline for making grant payments shall be
24 extended for one additional month for each month or part of
25 month of such service after the member is discharged or
26 released under honorable conditions from the Pennsylvania
27 National Guard.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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