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PRINTER'S NO. 533
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
542
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY FLYNN, MURT, SNYDER, HILL-EVANS, CONKLIN, SAINATO,
KORTZ, CIRESI, CALTAGIRONE, DeLUCA, FARRY, READSHAW, SCHWEYER
AND DRISCOLL, FEBRUARY 19, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 19, 2019
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(b) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 8902. Exemption.
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(b) Extension of exemption.--The exemption provided in
subsection (a) shall be extended to [the] each of the following :
(1) The unmarried surviving spouse upon the death of the
eligible veteran provided that the State Veterans' Commission
determines that such spouse is in need of an exemption.
(2) The unmarried surviving spouse upon the death of the
otherwise eligible veteran if the veteran died before being
declared 100% disabled if:
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(i) the veteran would have been declared 100%
disabled if the veteran had survived until the end of the
evaluation period; and
(ii) the veteran died as a direct result of the
injury or disability for which the veteran was evaluated.
(3) The unmarried surviving spouse of either:
(i) a veteran who was killed in the line of duty; or
(ii) a veteran who was killed during active service
duty.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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