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HB0037 • 2005

Disabled veteran's tax exemption.

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for a property tax exemption for disabled veterans as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Walsh
Last action
2005-02-18
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
1/1/2005

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Amendments

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HB0037HS001

Standing Committee • H03

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H03

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Bill History

  1. 2005-02-18 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 38

  2. 2005-02-18 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA0020

  3. 2005-02-15 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0020

  4. 2005-02-15 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0020

  5. 2005-02-14 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0020

  6. 2005-02-14 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2005-02-11 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2005-02-10 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  9. 2005-02-01 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2005-02-01 Senate

    S08 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2005-01-27 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S08

  12. 2005-01-24 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2005-01-20 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2005-01-19 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2005-01-18 House

    H Passed CoW

  16. 2005-01-18 House

    Amendment Adopted

  17. 2005-01-18 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  18. 2005-01-17 House

    H Placed on General File

  19. 2005-01-17 House

    H03 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  20. 2005-01-12 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H03

  21. 2005-01-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  22. 2004-12-16 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2005 General Session Summary for HB0037

Bill
No.:
HB0037
Drafter:

MQ

LSO
No.:
05LSO-0202
Effective Date:

1/1/2005

Enrolled
Act No.:
HEA0020

Chapter
No.:
38

Prime
Sponsor:
Representative Walsh

Catch
Title:
Disabled veteran's tax exemption.

Subject:
Provides
that veterans who are unemployable qualify for an additional veterans' tax
exemption.

Summary/Major
Elements:

Under current law, specified veterans are entitled to a tax exemption
limited to $2,000 of assessed value for up to $800 tax benefit annually.

This bill provides that veterans who have been granted individual
unemployability status certified by the U.S. veterans administration are
entitled to additional annual tax exemptions not to exceed an amount determined
by a statutory formula.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0037

ENROLLED ACT NO. 20, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2005 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for a property tax exemption for disabled veterans as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1

W.S. 39
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105(b) is amended to read:

39
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105.

Exemptions; veterans.

(b)

The exemption for veterans is limited to an annual exemption of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) of assessed value and not to exceed a total tax benefit of eight hundred dollars ($800.00) except as hereafter provided. The eight hundred dollar ($800.00) limitation does not apply to qualified widows of veterans nor veterans of the Spanish American War. Veterans who have received the entire eight hundred dollar ($800.00) exemption and who have a service connected disability certified by the veterans administration or a branch of the armed forces of the United States
, or who have been granted individual unemployability status certified by the United States veterans administration,
are entitled to additional annual tax exemptions not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) of assessed value times the ratio which the percent of disability certified bears to one hundred percent (100%). Disability certified less than ten percent (10%) shall be treated as a ten percent (10%) disability.

Section 2.
This act is effective January 1, 2005.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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