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Committee advances expansion of disabled veterans property tax exemption to veterans rated 50% or higher
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The House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee unanimously advanced House Bill 1257 as amended, expanding the disabled veterans real estate tax exemption to veterans rated at least 50% disabled and to certain surviving spouses, the bill sponsor said.
The House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee unanimously advanced House Bill 1257 as amended, a proposal to expand Pennsylvania's disabled veterans real estate tax exemption to more veterans and certain surviving spouses.
"House Bill 1257 will relieve just a small portion of the debt that we owe to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed their well-being," Representative Probst, the bill sponsor, said as she urged committee support. The bill removes the requirement that a veteran must have served in a conflict to qualify and expands eligibility for surviving spouses of service members who were killed in action, missing in action or prisoners of war.
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