PRINTER'S NO.  661

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

646

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, BROWNE, FERLO, KASUNIC, FONTANA, SOLOBAY, BREWSTER AND RAFFERTY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO FINANCE, FEBRUARY 25, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, further providing for exemption from

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payment of real estate taxes.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 8902(b) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

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§ 8902.  Exemption.

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(b)  Extension of exemption.--The exemption provided in

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subsection (a) shall be extended to [the]:

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(1)  The unmarried surviving spouse upon the death of the

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eligible veteran, provided that the State Veterans'

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Commission determines that such spouse is in need of an

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exemption.

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(2)  The surviving spouse of a veteran who was killed or

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missing in action, provided the State Veterans' Commission

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determines the spouse is in need of an exemption.

 


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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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