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PRINTER'S NO. 389
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
389
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, BLAKE, LEACH, BARTOLOTTA, SABATINA,
GREENLEAF, McGARRIGLE, YUDICHAK, FONTANA, VOGEL, COSTA,
RESCHENTHALER, HUGHES, HUTCHINSON, RAFFERTY, SCARNATI,
VULAKOVICH AND BROWNE, FEBRUARY 16, 2017
REFERRED TO FINANCE, FEBRUARY 16, 2017
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance, further providing
for persons with military service-connected disabilities to
receive property tax exemptions.
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:
That section 2(c) of Article VIII be amended to read:
ยง 2. Exemptions and special provisions.
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(c) Citizens and residents of this Commonwealth, who served
in [any war or armed conflict in which the United States was
engaged] the armed forces of the United States and were
honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances
from active service, shall be exempt from the payment of all
real property taxes upon the residence occupied by the said
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citizens and residents of this Commonwealth imposed by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any of its political
subdivisions if, as a result of military service, they are
blind, paraplegic or double or quadruple amputees or have a
service-connected disability declared by the United States
Veterans Administration or its successor to be a total or 100%
permanent disability, and if the State Veterans' Commission
determines that such persons are in need of the tax exemptions
granted herein. This exemption shall be extended to the
unmarried surviving spouse upon the death of an eligible veteran
provided that the State Veterans' Commission determines that
such person is in need of the exemption.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
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primary, general or municipal election which meets the
requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least
three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is
passed by the General Assembly.
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