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MI HB4104

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/26/2017

Primary Sponsor

Jason Wentworth

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Origin

House of Representatives

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends the homestead property tax exemption for disabled veterans by requiring assessing officers to provide the property owner or their legal designee with a date-stamped copy of the filed affidavit as a receipt of filing.

  • Extends the property tax exemption to unremarried surviving spouses of disabled veterans who die before or after the exemption is granted, provided the spouse complies with filing requirements.

  • Defines "disabled veteran" as a Michigan resident who meets one of three criteria: (a) determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled from military service at the 100% benefit rate; (b) holds a certificate for pecuniary assistance for specially adapted housing; or (c) rated as individually unemployable by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

  • Clarifies that each local taxing unit bears the loss of tax revenue when a disabled veteran's property is exempted from taxation.

Legislative Description

Property tax; exemptions; requirement to issue a receipt to disabled veteran filing an affidavit for exemption of property taxes; provide for. Amends sec. 7b of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.7b).

Veterans: other

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/26/2017

1/31/2017

Committee Referrals

Tax Policy1/26/2017

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