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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 38

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Relating to: expanding the eligibility of a veteran and an eligible unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)

Property tax — Exemption Veteran — Housing

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit may

be claimed by certain U.S. armed forces veterans and by the unremarried surviving

spouses of certain veterans or members of the national guard or reserves

(collectively, "veterans"). To be eligible to claim the credit, the veteran must meet

several criteria, including having been a resident of this state at the time of entry into

the service or having been a resident of this state for any consecutive five-year period

after entry into that service, and having either a service-connected disability rating

of at least 100 percent or a 100 percent disability rating based on individual

unemployability.

This bill changes the requirement of a consecutive five-year period of residency

in this state to any one-year period of residency. This change also applies to

eligibility requirements for a claimant who is the eligible unremarried surviving

spouse of an eligible veteran.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Miller (D)

1 cosponsors

Hebl (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 19, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Miller; cosponsored by Representative Hebl

  2. Feb 19, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs

  3. Feb 27, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1