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IN HB1537
Bill
Status
1/22/2015
Primary Sponsor
Steven Davisson
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AI Summary
HB 1537 Summary
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State lottery commission must establish a scratch-off lottery game with all profits deposited into the veterans' affairs trust fund.
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Individuals can request veteran status or surviving spouse of a veteran designation appear on driver's licenses and state identification cards, with surviving spouse status being a new option.
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Taxpayers can designate all or part of their state income tax refunds to the veterans' affairs trust fund on annual tax returns.
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Removes the four-year appointment term for county and city service officers and requires the department of veterans' affairs to establish a uniform definition of "Hoosier veteran" by December 1, 2015.
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Authorizes the Indiana department of veterans' affairs and nationally chartered veterans organizations to assume control of unclaimed cremated remains of deceased veterans and arrange their interment.
Legislative Description
Veterans' matters. Requires the state lottery commission to adopt rules to establish a scratch off game to benefit Indiana veterans. Deposits revenue from sales of tickets for the scratch off game into the veterans' affairs trust fund. Provides that an individual may request an indication of the individual's status as a surviving spouse of a veteran on the individual's driver's license or state identification card. (Current law provides only for an indication of veteran status.) Provides for space on state income tax forms to enable taxpayers to donate all or part of the taxpayer's tax refund to the veterans' affairs
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/22/2015