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IN SB0480

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/12/2017

Primary Sponsor

Eric Koch

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

SB 480 Summary

  • Defines "Cold War" as the period of political hostility between Soviet bloc countries and United States-led western powers from 1945 to 1990, effective July 1, 2017.

  • Allows Cold War veterans with a service-connected disability of 10% or more and honorable discharge to deduct $24,960 from assessed property value for real property, mobile homes, or manufactured homes, effective January 1, 2018.

  • Extends property tax deduction eligibility to surviving spouses of qualifying Cold War veterans who meet the disability and discharge requirements at time of death.

  • Allows children of Cold War veterans to receive tuition and fee exemptions at state educational institutions if they meet residency, academic, age (not more than 32), and adoption requirements.

  • Provision applies to assessment dates after December 31, 2017 and expires December 31, 2020.

Legislative Description

Cold war veterans. Allows veterans who served during the Cold War to receive a deduction from the assessed value of the taxable tangible property or real property that the veteran owns. Allows children of veterans who served during the Cold War to receive a tuition and fee exemption at a state educational institution.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy

1/12/2017

Committee Referrals

Tax and Fiscal Policy1/12/2017

Full Bill Text

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