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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY WATERS, MYERS, BISHOP, DeLUCA, GIBBONS, JOSEPHS, BROWNLEE, HORNAMAN, MURPHY, HARKINS, YOUNGBLOOD, WHITE, COHEN, DAVIS, GEORGE, DAVIDSON, GOODMAN, GROVE, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, KULA, MAHONEY, M. O'BRIEN, TALLMAN, READSHAW, VULAKOVICH AND HESS, MARCH 5, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 5, 2012 |
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| A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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1 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth |
2 | of Pennsylvania, further providing for exemptions and special |
3 | provisions relating to taxation. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby resolves as follows: |
6 | Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of |
7 | Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: |
8 | That section 2(c) of Article VIII be amended to read: |
9 | § 2. Exemptions and special provisions. |
10 | * * * |
11 | (c) Citizens and residents of this Commonwealth, who served |
12 | [in any war or armed conflict in which] in the armed forces of |
13 | the United States [was engaged] and were honorably discharged or |
14 | released under honorable circumstances from active service, |
15 | shall be exempt from the payment of all real property taxes upon |
16 | the residence occupied by the said citizens and residents of |
17 | this Commonwealth imposed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or |
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1 | any of its political subdivisions if, as a result of military |
2 | service, they were killed in action, are blind, paraplegic or |
3 | double or quadruple amputees or have a service-connected |
4 | disability declared by the United States Veterans Administration |
5 | or its successor to be [a total or] 100% [permanent disability, |
6 | and if the State Veterans' Commission determines that such |
7 | persons are in need of the tax exemptions granted herein]. This |
8 | exemption shall be extended to the unmarried surviving spouse |
9 | upon the death of an eligible veteran [provided that the State |
10 | Veterans' Commission determines that such person is in need of |
11 | the exemption]. |
12 | Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General |
13 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
14 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
15 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
16 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
17 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
18 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
19 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
20 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
21 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
22 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
23 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
24 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
25 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
26 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
27 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
28 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
29 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
30 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
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1 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
2 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
3 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
4 | passed by the General Assembly. |
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