PRINTER'S NO. 2050
No. 1465 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, HELFRICK, SLOCUM, LAVALLE, BRIGHTBILL,
STOUT, HART, WAGNER, MURPHY, SALVATORE, SCHWARTZ, THOMPSON,
TOMLINSON AND RHOADES, JUNE 8, 1998
REFERRED TO MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, JUNE 8, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 11, 1947 (P.L.565, No.248), entitled
2 "An act providing compensation to certain persons who served
3 in the military or naval forces of the United States or of
4 any of her allies during World War II; providing the method
5 of making payment to representatives of persons who, because
6 of death or incapacity, cannot personally receive
7 compensation; imposing certain duties on the Adjutant
8 General; making an appropriation, and providing penalties,"
9 further providing for the definition of "veteran" and
10 extending the time during which applications may be filed for
11 veterans' compensation.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. The definition of "veteran" in section 2 of the
15 act of June 11, 1947 (P.L.565, No.248), known as the World War
16 II Veterans' Compensation Act, is amended to read:
17 Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act the word
18 "veteran" includes any individual, a member of the military or
19 naval forces of the United States, including the merchant
20 marines, or of any of her allies during World War II, between
21 the seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred forty-one
22 and the second day of September, one thousand nine hundred
1 forty-five, but does not include, (a) any individual at any time
2 during such periods, or thereafter, separated from such forces
3 under other than honorable conditions, (b) any conscientious
4 objector, who performed no military duty whatsoever, or refused
5 to wear the uniform, or (c) any alien at any time during such
6 periods, or thereafter, discharged from military or naval forces
7 on account of his alienage, (d) any individual who renounced his
8 United States citizenship during such period.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. Section 5 of the act, amended June 14, 1961
11 (P.L.370, No.203), is amended to read:
12 Section 5. Application for Compensation.--Application for
13 compensation shall be made to the Adjutant General on such forms
14 and in such manner as he shall prescribe.
15 Applicants shall state on their application whether or not
16 they have applied for or received a bonus, gratuity or
17 compensation, of a nature similar to that provided for by this
18 act, from any other state in the Union.
19 All applications shall be made, (1) personally by the
20 veteran, or (2) in case of death or mental incompetency
21 preventing the making of a personal application, then by such
22 representative of the veteran as the Adjutant General shall by
23 regulation prescribe. An application made by a representative
24 other than one authorized by such regulation shall be held void.
25 The Adjutant General shall not accept or consider any
26 application filed with him after the thirty-first day of
27 December, [one thousand nine hundred sixty-two] two thousand and
28 one.
29 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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