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Senate committee backs amended bill increasing optional disabled-veteran property tax relief after wide testimony
Summary
After testimony from veterans and advisory groups, the committee moved to pass an amended House Bill 99 that raises the optional disabled-veteran property tax relief to $5,000 and leaves municipalities the option to adopt the credit.
The Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee voted by voice to advance an amended version of House Bill 99, which raises the optional property tax relief for permanently and totally disabled veterans.
Representative Ross Moffatt, the bill’s prime sponsor in the House, told the committee the original draft called for a 100% property-tax exemption for eligible veterans but the Department of Revenue Administration told the House committee that a flat dollar figure made cost projections and budgeting easier. The House committee amended the bill to set the optional credit at $5,000.
Several veterans and…
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