MI HB4985

Changes the filing deadline for disabled veteran homestead exemptions from the final adjournment of the local board of review to December 1 of each year in which the exemption is claimed.

Requires supervisors or assessing officers to review timely-filed affidavits and grant exemptions if requirements are met, with appeals available to the board of review during that same year.

Updates terminology to refer to the "Department of Veterans Affairs" instead of "veterans' administration" and standardizes language regarding disabled veteran eligibility criteria (100% disability rating, specially adapted housing assistance, or individual unemployability rating).

Allows the board of review to hear appeals of disabled veteran exemption denials (section 7b) during their July and December meetings, alongside other exemption and qualified error appeals.

Permits cities and townships to adopt ordinances establishing alternative meeting dates during the weeks of the second Monday in December and third Monday in July for board of review proceedings under section 53b.