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HCR23-1002

Modification to Property Tax Exemption For Veterans With A Disability

Submitting to the registered electors of the state of Colorado an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the expansion of eligibility for the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to include a veteran who does not have a service-connected disability rated as a one hundred percent permanent disability but does have individual unemployability status.
Session:
2023 Regular Session
Subject:
Military & Veterans
Bill Summary

The state constitution allows a veteran who has a service-connected disability rated as a 100% permanent disability to claim a property tax exemption for a portion of the actual value of the veteran's owner-occupied primary residence. The 100% permanent disability requirement can only be changed through a constitutional amendment.

The concurrent resolution submits a constitutional amendment to the voters of the state at the 2024 general election that will, if approved, expand eligibility for the exemption by allowing a veteran who has individual unemployability status, as determined by the U.S. department of veterans affairs, to claim the exemption. In most cases, to have individual unemployability status, a veteran must be unable to keep a steady job because the veteran either has at least one service-connected disability rated at 60% or more disabling or has 2 or more service-connected disabilities with at least one disability rated at 40% or more disabling and a combined rating of 70% or more disabling.

To conform to the existing public policy of the state that "people first language" be used in new or amended legislation that refers to persons with disabilities, the concurrent resolution also changes the existing defined term "disabled veteran" to "veteran with a disability".
(Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as adopted.)

Status

Introduced
Passed
Adopted

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Bill Text

  • All Versions (7 )
    Date Bill Type Documents
    05/22/2023 Signed Act PDF
    04/28/2023 Final Act PDF
    04/17/2023 Rerevised PDF
    04/14/2023 Revised PDF
    03/20/2023 Reengrossed PDF
    03/17/2023 Engrossed PDF
    01/09/2023 Introduced PDF

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