Bill Text: MI HB4484 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Property tax; exemptions; exemption for surviving spouse of disabled veteran; modify. Amends sec. 7b of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.7b).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-20 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/19/2017 [HB4484 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4484-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4484
April 19, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Elder, Ellison and Lucido and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.
A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled
"The general property tax act,"
by amending section 7b (MCL 211.7b), as amended by 2013 PA 161.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 7b. (1) Real property used and owned as a homestead by a
disabled veteran who is a resident of this state and was discharged
from
the armed forces Armed
Forces of the United States under
honorable
conditions or by an individual described in subsection
(2)
is exempt from the collection of
taxes under this act. To
obtain the exemption, the disabled veteran or his or her legal
designee shall file an affidavit showing the facts required by this
section
subsection and a description of the real property shall be
filed
by the property owner or his or her legal designee with the
supervisor or other assessing officer during the period beginning
with the tax day for each year and ending at the time of the final
adjournment of the local board of review. The affidavit when filed
shall be open to inspection. The county treasurer shall cancel
taxes subject to collection under this act for any year in which a
disabled
veteran eligible for the exemption under this section
subsection has acquired title to real property exempt under this
section.
subsection. Upon granting the exemption under this
section,
subsection, each local taxing unit shall bear the loss of
its portion of the taxes upon which the exemption has been granted.
(2)
If a disabled veteran who is otherwise eligible for the
exemption
under this section dies, either before or after the
exemption
under this section is granted, the exemption shall remain
available
to or shall continue for his or her unremarried surviving
spouse.
The surviving spouse shall comply with the requirements of
subsection
(1) and shall indicate on the affidavit that he or she
is
the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran entitled to the
exemption
under this section. The exemption shall continue as long
as
the surviving spouse remains unremarried.
(2) Real property used and owned as a homestead by an
individual who is a resident of this state is exempt from the
collection of taxes under this act if all of the following
conditions are met:
(a) The individual is 1 of the following:
(i) The unremarried surviving spouse of a disabled veteran who
was discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States under
honorable conditions and who was otherwise eligible for the
exemption under subsection (1) when he or she died, either before
or after the exemption under subsection (1) was granted to him or
her.
(ii) The unremarried surviving spouse of a disabled veteran
who was a resident of this state when he or she entered the Armed
Forces of the United States and who was discharged from the Armed
Forces of the United States under honorable conditions.
(b) The individual has not remarried since the death of the
disabled veteran described in subdivision (a)(i) or (ii).
(c) The individual or his or her legal designee files an
affidavit showing the facts required by this subsection and a
description of the real property with the supervisor or other
assessing officer during the period beginning with the tax day for
each year and ending at the time of the final adjournment of the
local board of review. The affidavit when filed shall be open to
inspection. The county treasurer shall cancel taxes subject to
collection under this act for any year in which an individual
eligible for the exemption under this subsection has acquired title
to real property exempt under this subsection. Upon granting the
exemption under this subsection, each local taxing unit shall bear
the loss of its portion of the taxes upon which the exemption has
been granted.
(3) As used in this section, "disabled veteran" means a person
who
is a resident of this state and who
meets 1 of the following
criteria:
(a)
Has been determined by the United States department of
veterans
affairs Department of
Veterans Affairs to be permanently
and totally disabled as a result of military service and entitled
to veterans' benefits at the 100% rate.
(b)
Has a certificate from the United States veterans'
administration,
Department of Veterans
Affairs, or its successors,
certifying that he or she is receiving or has received pecuniary
assistance due to disability for specially adapted housing.
(c)
Has been rated by the United States department of veterans
affairs
Department of Veterans
Affairs as individually
unemployable.