PRINTER'S NO. 1400
No. 1203 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY LEMMOND, BAKER, HELFRICK, SALVATORE, WAGNER,
AFFLERBACH, LAVALLE, O'PAKE, GERLACH, TILGHMAN, TARTAGLIONE,
MUSTO, BELL, WENGER, ULIANA, HECKLER, TOMLINSON AND
BRIGHTBILL, AUGUST 18, 1995
REFERRED TO MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AUGUST 18, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for paralyzed
3 veteran's pension.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 7702 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 7702. Paralyzed veteran's pension.
9 (a) Amount and eligibility.--In addition to any other
10 assistance provided by the Commonwealth and in addition to any
11 compensation provided by the Federal Government, every paralyzed
12 veteran shall be paid a pension of $100 per month. Applications
13 for the pensions shall be made to and in the form prescribed by
14 the department. The Adjutant General shall determine the
15 eligibility of every applicant for a pension, and his decision
16 in the matter shall be final.
17 (b) Regulations.--The Adjutant General shall promulgate such
1 regulations as may be necessary to implement this program.
2 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
3 "paralyzed veteran" means any person who served in the military
4 or naval forces of the United States, or any woman's
5 organization officially connected therewith, [during an
6 established war or armed conflict service dates,] and who gave
7 this Commonwealth as his place of residence at the time of
8 entering the military or naval forces of the United States and
9 is currently a resident of this Commonwealth and who, while
10 performing duties connected with that service, suffered an
11 injury or incurred a disease which resulted in the loss or loss
12 of use of two or more extremities. The term does not include any
13 person separated from the military or naval forces of the United
14 States, or any woman's organization officially connected
15 therewith, under other than honorable conditions. The term shall
16 include persons who have been paralyzed as a result of peacetime
17 [combat-related] actions as defined by the Department of
18 Military Affairs. The department shall, by regulation, establish
19 criteria to determine eligibility based on participation in a
20 peacetime [combat-related] situation, which shall include, but
21 not be limited to, hostile fire or terrorist attack.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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