Show Official Ballot Title: For Against O Q 4 Proposition No 1 Shall the Utah Constitution he amended to modi!) the qualifications for the property lax exemption on property owned by: (a) a disabled person ( veteran ) and the surviving spouse and minor orphans of the disabled person who died and (b) the surviving spouse and minor orphans of the person ( veteran j who died by: ( I ) redefining the scope of military sen-icto include any international conflict or military training: (2) requiring that the person's disability or death occur in the line of duty: and (3) expanding eligibility for the property lax exemption from unmarried widows to unmarried surviv RESOLUTION AMENDING VETERANS’ PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION mSmSM 3 Votes cast by the members of the Legislature at the 1996 General Session on final passage: HOUSE (75 members): Yeas 7 : Nays 0: Absent 4 SENATE (29 members): Yeas 25: Nays 0: Absent 4 1 Impartial Analysis Proposition I amends the present provisions in the Utah Constitution on the property tax exemption for property owned by a deceased or disabled person I veteran) and the widow and minor orphans ol the disabled person who died This proposal redefines the scope of military service to include in addition to any war any international conflict or military training requires the disability or death to occur in the line of duty during the person's military service and expands the group of persons eligible to receive the property lax exemption from unmarried widows to unmarried surviving spouses 1 Scope of Military Service The Utah Constitution presently permits the Legislature to provide a property tax exemption for propers owned by a disabled person and the widow and minor orphans of a disabled person w ho died if the person served in any war in the nulitary service of the United States or of the state of Utah The present constitutional language does not provide for a propers tax exemption for propers owned by a person disabled or killed during other military serv ice such as ar undeclared war or military training This proposal expands the meaning of military service to include any international conflict such as Operation Desert Storm and military training This redefinition of military service means that property owned by the disabled person and by the unmarried surviving spouse and minor orphans of the disabled person who died or of the person killed in action or who died in the line of duty may he exempted from taxation as provided by the Legislature 2 Line of Duty The Utah Constitution presently permits the Legislature to provide a property tax exemption for property owned by a disabled person who served in any war and the widow and minor orphans of the disabled person who died The Utah Constitution docs not require the disability or death to occur in the line of duty in order u qualify for the exemption For instance a person disabled after the war in which the person served by some event unrelated to the line of duty in the military service may qualify for a property tax exemption This proposal specifies that toqualify lor a property tax exemption the person's disability or death must occur in the line of duty as a result of such military service |