Pennsylvania SB 809: An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in disabled veterans' real estate tax exemption, further providing for exemption.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 854
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 809
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PENNYCUICK, BROWN, BARTOLOTTA, BOSCOLA, FONTANA,
TARTAGLIONE, PHILLIPS-HILL, KANE, BAKER, MASTRIANO, FARRY AND
ROBINSON, MAY 30, 2025
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
MAY 30, 2025
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)(1) of Title 51 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 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:
(1) That person has been honorably discharged or
released under honorable circumstances from the armed forces
of the United States [for service in any war or armed
conflict in which this nation was engaged].
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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