PRINTER'S NO. 710
No. 652 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MANN, ADOLPH, BAKER, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BEYER,
BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL, CASORIO, CLYMER, COHEN,
COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DALLY, DENLINGER, EVERETT,
FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS,
GOODMAN, GRELL, GRUCELA, HANNA, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, KING, KULA, LEACH, MARSICO,
McILHATTAN, MELIO, MILLARD, MURT, MUSTIO, NAILOR, M. O'BRIEN,
PALLONE, PAYTON, PETRARCA, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PYLE, RAMALEY,
RAPP, RAYMOND, REED, REICHLEY, SABATINA, SAINATO, SCAVELLO,
SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER,
WALKO, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK,
MARCH 6, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 6, 2007
AN ACT
1 Providing for the exclusion of veterans' disability benefits as
2 eligible income.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Exclusion of
7 Veterans' Disability Benefits as Income Act.
8 Section 2. Eligibility income.
9 Veterans' disability benefits shall not be deemed income for
10 purposes of eligibility under any of the following:
11 (1) Section 3(1) of the act of March 11, 1971 (P.L.104,
12 No.3), known as the Senior Citizens Rebate and Assistance
1 Act.
2 (2) The definition of "income" in section 502 of the act
3 of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State
4 Lottery Law.
5 (3) 75 Pa.C.S. § 1901(c)(16) (relating to exemption of
6 persons, entities and vehicles from fees).
7 Section 3. Effective date.
8 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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