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Committee carries over bill to extend property-tax exemption to surviving spouses
Summary
House Bill 226, which would extend a property-tax exemption for veterans or 100% disabled property owners to their surviving spouse (provided the spouse remains unmarried and in the same home), was carried over for revision to clarify deed/ownership language.
House Bill 226, sponsored by Representative Danny Crawford, was carried over by the Ways and Means Education committee for further drafting after members raised questions about how the exemption would apply to property ownership and deeds.
The bill would allow a surviving spouse to retain a property-tax exemption previously available to a 100% disabled person so long as the surviving spouse does not remarry and continues to occupy the same…
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