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Committee advances bill to exclude VA disability pay from disabled veterans income test
Summary
Senator Sciarra’s SB 888 would exclude VA service-connected disability compensation from household income used to determine eligibility for the disabled veterans property tax exemption; the committee accepted amendments and voted unanimously to send the bill to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.
Senator Sciarra presented SB 888 to a California State Senate committee, saying the bill would prevent VA service-connected disability compensation from being counted as household income when determining eligibility for the disabled veterans property tax exemption.
"The problem is clear," Sciarra said. "Veterans must be disabled to qualify for the exemption, yet the very disability compensation they are receiving is counted as income, pushing many…
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