House File 127 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 127 BY KAUFMANN , QUIRK , J. TAYLOR , and THOMAS A BILL FOR An Act relating to the definition of veteran for purposes of 1 the military service property tax exemption. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1628YH (6) 84 md/sc
H.F. 127 Section 1. Section 426A.11, subsection 4, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 4. For purposes of this chapter , unless the context 3 otherwise requires, “veteran” also means a any of the following: 4 a. A resident of this state who is a former member of the 5 armed forces of the United States and who served for a minimum 6 aggregate of eighteen months and who was discharged under 7 honorable conditions. However, “veteran” also means a resident 8 of this state who is a former member of the armed forces of 9 the United States and who, after serving fewer than eighteen 10 months, was honorably discharged because of a service-related 11 injury sustained by the veteran. 12 b. A resident of this state who is a former member of the 13 national guard who served on active federal service, other than 14 training, in an area designated by the president of the United 15 States or the United States Congress as a combat zone or as 16 a qualified hazardous duty area, or who deployed outside the 17 United States away from the member’s permanent duty station 18 while participating in an operation designated by the United 19 States secretary of defense as a contingency operation as 20 defined in 10 U.S.C. § 101(a)(13), and who was discharged under 21 honorable conditions. 22 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION. Section 25B.7 does not apply to 23 this Act. 24 EXPLANATION 25 This bill amends the definition of veteran for purposes 26 of the military service property tax exemption to include a 27 resident of this state who is a former member of the national 28 guard who served on active federal service, other than 29 training, in an area designated by the president of the United 30 States or the United States Congress as a combat zone or as 31 a qualified hazardous duty area, or who deployed outside the 32 United States away from the member’s permanent duty station 33 while participating in an operation designated by the United 34 States secretary of defense as a contingency operation, as 35 -1- LSB 1628YH (6) 84 md/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 127 defined in federal law, and who was discharged under honorable 1 conditions. 2 The bill provides that the requirement for fully funding tax 3 exemptions by the state does not apply to the bill. 4 -2- LSB 1628YH (6) 84 md/sc 2/ 2