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PRINTER'S NO. 1010
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
92
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, VOGEL, STEFANO, SCARNATI, BREWSTER,
HUTCHINSON, KILLION, COSTA, K. WARD, J. WARD, DINNIMAN,
BLAKE, BOSCOLA, REGAN, WHITE, YUDICHAK, BROWNE, HAYWOOD,
A. WILLIAMS AND MENSCH, JANUARY 24, 2019
SENATOR REGAN, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AS
AMENDED, JUNE 18, 2019
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance, 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 service] RECEIVED A
DISCHARGE FROM SERVICE UNDER CONDITIONS OTHER THAN DISHONORABLE,
shall be exempt from the payment of [all] a portion of real
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property taxes upon the residence occupied by the said citizens
and residents of this Commonwealth imposed by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or any 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]
Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor to be a [total
or 100%] permanent disability of 50% or greater, and if the
State Veterans' Commission determines that such persons are in
need of the tax exemptions granted herein. The percentage of
exemption from real property taxes shall be in direct proportion
to the percentage of disability. 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
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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
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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