PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 710, 2663 PRINTER'S NO. 2939
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, YUDICHAK, HORNAMAN,
PAYNE, SAYLOR, KORTZ AND LENTZ, MARCH 6, 2007
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 4, 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) Chapter 13 of the act of June 27, 2006 (1st
12 Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Taxpayer Relief Act.
1 (2) The definition of "income" in section 502 of the act
2 of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State
3 Lottery Law.
4 (3) 75 Pa.C.S. § 1901(c)(16) (relating to exemption of
5 persons, entities and vehicles from fees).
6 Section 3. Effective date.
7 This act shall take effect in 60 days JULY 1, 2008. <--
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