PRINTER'S NO. 1727
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1374
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BARBIN, BARRAR, SAINATO, READSHAW, HAGGERTY, MURT,
DRISCOLL, GOODMAN, DeLUCA AND McNEILL, MAY 11, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MAY 11, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in disabled veterans' real estate tax
exemption, further providing for exemption.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8902(a)(2) of Title 51 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 8902. Exemption.
(a) General rule.--Any resident of this Commonwealth shall
be exempt from the payment of all real estate taxes levied upon
any building, including the land upon which it stands, occupied
by that person as a principal dwelling, if all of the following
requirements are met:
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(2) As a result of such military service, that person is
blind or paraplegic or has sustained the loss of two or more
limbs, or has a service-connected disability declared by the
United States Veterans' Administration or its successors to
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be a [total or 100%] permanent disability of 80% or greater.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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