PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 260
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
287
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SIMMONS, PETRARCA, FREEMAN, HILL-EVANS, MURT,
KORTZ, DRISCOLL, BARRAR, TOOHIL AND READSHAW,
JANUARY 30, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JANUARY 30, 2019
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for exemptions and special
provisions.
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 and] were honorably discharged or released under
honorable circumstances from active military service, shall be
exempt from the payment of all real property taxes upon the
residence occupied by the said citizens and residents of this
Commonwealth imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any
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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
primary, general or municipal election which meets the
requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
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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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