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2026 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Property Tax Exemptions Workgroup (language only)

Item 260 #1c

Item 260 #1c

Finance
Department of Taxation

Language

Page 291, after line 13, insert:

"D. The Department of Taxation shall conduct a work group to review the cost of mandatory property tax exemptions for disabled veterans and their spouses. The workgroup shall consist of local government representatives and any other stakeholders deemed necessary by the Secretary of Finance and the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs. The workgroup shall: (i) review and collect data on the cost of the exemption and implications to localities; (ii) detail changes to the exemption and the impact of those changes to localities; (iii) evaluate legislation previously introduced by the General Assembly on these exemptions; and, (v) provide any recommendations to the General Assembly on these mandatory property tax exemptions. The Department shall submit a report with any findings and recommendations by November 15, 2026 to the Chairs of House Finance, House Appropriations, and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees."



Explanation

(This language amendment establishes a workgroup to analyze the rising cost on local governments of mandatory property tax exemptions for disabled veterans and their families.)