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PRINTER'S NO. 423
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
478
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, YUDICHAK, BREWSTER,
BROWNE, VULAKOVICH, TARTAGLIONE, SMITH, VOGEL, COSTA,
SCARNATI AND HUTCHINSON, FEBRUARY 13, 2015
REFERRED TO FINANCE, FEBRUARY 13, 2015
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for exemptions and special
provisions relating to taxation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
(1) That section 2 of Article VIII be amended by adding a
subsection to read:
ยง 2. Exemptions and special provisions.
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(d) Any person who is a citizen and resident of this
Commonwealth and volunteers and serves at least 100 hours
annually for at least two years consecutively as a volunteer
firefighter or emergency medical technician shall be exempt from
the payment of 15% of any real property taxes imposed by a
political subdivision upon the residence occupied by that
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