April 1, 2003, Introduced by Senators TOY, KUIPERS, GILBERT, STAMAS, BISHOP, SANBORN, ALLEN, McMANUS, JELINEK, BIRKHOLZ, PATTERSON, GARCIA, GOSCHKA and BROWN and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled
"The general property tax act,"
(MCL 211.1 to 211.157) by adding section 7gg.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 7gg. (1) Real property and personal property owned by
2 a person who is a disabled veteran are exempt from the collection
3 of taxes under this act.
4 (2) A person may claim the exemption provided under this
5 section by filing a claim for exemption on a form prescribed by
6 the department of treasury with the appropriate assessing officer
7 in any local tax collecting unit in which the person owns
8 property.
9 (3) As used in this section, "disabled veteran" means an
10 honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United
11 States who, as a result of a military service connected illness
1 or injury, is totally and permanently disabled.