Originally Posted By BlueLogo:
ATTENTION UTAH VETERANS! Share this far and wide.
POS Sen. Daniel McCay is proposing a bill to remove property tax exemptions for Veterans at the state level, and put the burden and choice at the county level.
SB 78 REMOVAL of Veterans Armed Forces Exemption, which essentially terminates the state-level property tax abatement program for disabled veterans.
1) The bill deletes from the code (repeals) sections 59-2a-501 and 502, "Veterans Armed Forces Exemption," which essentially terminates the state-level property tax abatement program for disabled veterans
2) The bill then creates new language stating, "a county may, at the county's discretion, implement a county relief program to provide property tax relief to individuals within the county..." including disabled veterans, surviving relatives, or active duty (lines 1088-1103).  It then establishes a public hearing process for the county to follow when setting up the county-level program.
3) If a county chooses to implement one or all of the tax relief programs, it must also impose a levy (to compensate for the lost revenue) and disperse the proceeds of that revenue to the impacted taxing entities (lines 1110-1122)  The intent of this levy is to compensate for the revenue the county is unable to collect due to the tax relief programs. This keeps the county revenue neutral by increasing the taxes of the residents who do not receive the benefit.
4) In yesterday's discussion with the sponsor, he agreed to leave the active duty when deployed language intact in the bill substitute he is working on.  The cost, if you will, of this benefit is quite small, and he agreed that statewide inconsistency could negatively impact our service members as they deploy.  
5) The effective date of the bill is 1 Jan 2027
6) In some of our conversations, it is apparent that some perceive this benefit applies to all property and vehicles a veteran owns, regardless of value.  We think it is an important point of reference that the legislature has established a maximum taxable cap of $521,000.
Reach out to your STATE rep NOW! The bill is moving fast.
https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0078.html
If you would like to share your opinion with him, and at this point some poor staffer is getting lit up so keep it up, here is how:
801-810-4110
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Originally Posted By Sartorius:
Question on 5). So if the veteran has a house worth $520K, they don't have to pay property tax on it? If that have a house assessed at $621K, they have to pay tax on $100K worth of value?

Originally Posted By fullmetaledges:
Nobody who’s not a vet gives a shit. To them we are all scammers. It’s a very clear message that the illegals here are more important to the ruling class than everyone, certainly our small group.