Pennsylvania HB 511: A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for exemptions and special provisions relating to payment of real property taxes.

Bill Text

PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 493
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 511
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KAZEEM, SANCHEZ, GIRAL, PIELLI, PROBST, HILL-
EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG, FREEMAN, FLEMING, HOWARD, CERRATO,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, HOHENSTEIN, KENYATTA AND GREEN,
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 5, 2025
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for exemptions and special
provisions relating to payment of real property taxes.
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:
§ 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, shall be exempt
from the payment of all real 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
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political subdivisions if, as a result of military service, they
are blind, paraplegic or double or quadruple amputees or have a
service-connected disability, whether a physical condition or
mental condition, declared by the United States Veterans
Administration or its successor to be a total or 100% permanent
disability, and if the State Veterans' Commission determines
that such persons are in need of the tax exemptions granted
herein. 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. The following procedure applies to the proposed
constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
(1) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
the 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.
(2) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
the 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. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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