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Veterans groups press for tax relief, renewed claims-shark legislation and clarity on disability definitions
Summary
Representatives of the Military Officers Association of America and the VFW described population and disability data, discussed HB 2005 (property tax rebate for 100% disabled veterans), a bundled exemption bill (2014) and said they will reintroduce a claims-shark bill that failed last year.
Mike Kelly, representing the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), briefed the committee on demographic estimates for Kansas’s military community and said MOAA stands ready to assist members and constituents with data and advice. "We have almost 30,000 military personnel in Kansas" and "there are 47,000 veterans that have some sort of disability rating," Kelly said, citing federal VetPop and other national data sources.
Kelly and other presenters discussed HB 2005, a bill…
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