PRINTER'S NO. 4102
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2677
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY J. McNEILL, J. HARRIS, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG,
READSHAW, YOUNGBLOOD, HILL-EVANS, DeLUCA, SCHWEYER, NEILSON,
BRADFORD AND DALEY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in educational gratuity program,
further providing for eligibility and qualification
requirements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8703(a) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 8703. Eligibility and qualification requirements.
(a) Eligibility standards.--The following requirements shall
be used to determine the eligibility of applicants for
educational gratuity payments. The applicant shall be:
(1) Not less than 16 years of age nor more than 23 years
of age.
(2) The child of an eligible disabled or deceased
veteran.
(3) A resident of this Commonwealth for a period of
[five years] one year immediately preceding the date the
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application was filed.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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