HOUSE BILL No. 4049

 

January 22, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Daley, Muxlow, Lauwers, Kurtz, Jenkins, Graves and McBroom and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled

 

"The general property tax act,"

 

(MCL 211.1 to 211.155) by adding section 7qq.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7qq. (1) Real property and personal property owned by a

 

person who is a disabled veteran are exempt from the collection of

 

taxes under this act.

 

     (2) A person may claim the exemption provided under this

 

section by filing a claim for exemption on a form prescribed by the

 

department of treasury with the appropriate assessing officer in

 

any local tax collecting unit in which the person owns property.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "disabled veteran" means an

 

honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United

 


States who, as a result of a military service connected illness or

 

injury, is totally and permanently disabled.