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Committee hears competing views on veterans relief, LIT timing and technical fixes in DLGF omnibus bill
Summary
Lawmakers heard hours of testimony on House Bill 12-10, an omnibus Department of Local Government and Finance bill that includes veterans property-tax relief, changes to local income tax timing and technical corrections. Veterans groups praised expanded relief; some veterans and committee members warned proposed dollar credits could reduce existing benefits and urged percentage-based fixes.
Representative Snow opened the hearing on House Bill 12-10, describing it as a broad Department of Local Government and Finance omnibus measure with roughly 48 provisions, ranging from municipal adviser definitions to timing adjustments for the new local income tax structure and several county-specific tax and exemption changes.
Jake Adams, director of the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs, testified in support of the bill’s veterans provisions and said the changes “modernize” a program that has changed little in 50 years by eliminating property taxes for disabled veterans and preventing benefit loss when home values rise. “If you think about your house increasing as a disabled veteran … you’re notified by your local assessor that you’re now…
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