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MS HB772
Bill
Status
2/24/2010
Primary Sponsor
Joe Warren
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AI Summary
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Provides complete exemption from all ad valorem taxes on homestead property for service-connected, totally disabled American veterans who were honorably discharged from military service.
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Extends the full homestead property tax exemption to unremarried surviving spouses of such disabled veterans, effective January 1, 2010.
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Increases the homestead exemption cap from $6,000 to $7,500 of assessed value for qualified disabled homeowners in counties that have completed property revaluations as of January 1, 2001.
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Specifies that disabled veterans and their unremarried surviving spouses must provide proper proof of service-connected total disability to claim the exemption.
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Exempts qualifying disabled veterans and their unremarried surviving spouses from forest acreage taxes on property included in the homestead.
Legislative Description
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/24/2010