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MS HB772

Bill

Status

Failed

2/24/2010

Primary Sponsor

Joe Warren

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Origin

House of Representatives

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Extends the full homestead property tax exemption to unremarried surviving spouses of such disabled veterans, effective January 1, 2010.

  • 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.

  • Specifies that disabled veterans and their unremarried surviving spouses must provide proper proof of service-connected total disability to claim the exemption.

  • 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

Full Bill Text

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