PENNSYLVANIA, June 8 - PRINTER'S NO. 859

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

742

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY COSTA, SANTARSIERO, J. WARD, FONTANA, BAKER,

TARTAGLIONE, HUTCHINSON, STREET, COLLETT, BREWSTER, SCAVELLO,

SCHWANK, BROOKS, K. WARD, YUDICHAK, KANE, AUMENT, COMITTA,

HAYWOOD, BOSCOLA, SABATINA AND CAPPELLETTI, JUNE 7, 2021

REFERRED TO FINANCE, JUNE 7, 2021

AN ACT

Providing for the exclusion of veterans' disability benefits as

eligible income.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Exclusion of

Veterans' Disability Benefits as Income Act.

Section 2. Eligibility income.

Veterans' disability benefits shall not be deemed income for

purposes of eligibility under any of the following:

(1) Chapter 13 of the act of June 27, 2006 (1st

Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Taxpayer Relief Act.

(2) The definition of "income" in section 502 of the act

of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State

Lottery Law.

(3) 75 Pa.C.S. § 1901(c)(16) (relating to exemption of

persons, entities and vehicles from fees).

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