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Chicopee adopts state HERO Act exemption to double many disabled-veteran property-tax breaks
Summary
The City Council accepted a local option under the state HERO Act to increase property tax exemptions for qualifying disabled veterans; city assessor estimated the local cost at roughly $277,100–$295,200 based on prior-year data and said the change must be adopted before July 1 to take effect for fall tax bills.
The Chicopee City Council voted Tuesday to adopt a local option of the state HERO Act that increases property-tax exemptions available to qualifying disabled veterans under Mass. Gen. Laws chapter 59.
City Assessor Laura McCarthy explained the measure implements provisions adopted by the state legislature in August 2024 and said the local change would double the current…
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