Amendment #25 to H4978

Property Tax Exemption for 100% Disabled Veterans

Ms. Belsito of Topsfield moves to amend the bill, as amended, move to amend the bill, as amended, by adding the following section:

"Section XXXX. Clause Twenty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out subclause (a), as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following subclause:-

(a) Soldiers and sailors who, as a result of disabilities contracted while in the line of duty, have a disability rating of ten per cent or more as determined by the Veterans Administration or by any branch of the armed forces. After the assessors have allowed an exemption under this clause, no further evidence of the existence of the facts required by this clause shall be required, and may not be requested by the city or town, in any subsequent year in the city or town in which the exemption has been allowed, unless the disability rating determined by the Veterans Administration or any branch of the armed forces is reduced to less than ten per cent; provided, however, that the assessors may refuse to allow an exemption in any subsequent year if they become aware that the soldier or sailor did not satisfy all of the requisites of this clause at the time the exemption was first granted."

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #25 to H4978

Property Tax Exemption for 100% Disabled Veterans