Legislative Session number- 88

Bill Name: SF1278

Relating to veterans

ARTICLE 1 - VETERANS TAX ISSUES

Extending the
property tax homestead market value exclusion for surviving spouses; providing a
subtraction from the income tax for military pensions; reducing the credit
allowed reduction against adjusted gross income; modifying the qualified
individual definition; establishing a veterans jobs tax credit for
employers

ARTICLE 2 - COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS

Modifying county
veteran service officer grants; specifying grant awards, purposes, and limits;
specifying grant amount for the Minnesota association of county veterans service
officers for administrative costs; appropriation to the commissioner of veterans
affairs; repealing the veterans service office grants program grant
cycle

ARTICLE 3 - MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS PROVISIONS

Clarifying enrollment
priority under the postsecondary enrollment options act (PSEO) for enrolled
veterans under certain conditions; providing civil immunity for Beyond the
Yellow Ribbon program participants; designating the Honor and Remember Flag as a
state symbol of concern and commitment to honoring and remembering the
sacrificed lives of armed forces members; establishing a presumption of
rehabilitation through honorable military service following a prior offense;
appropriating money to the commissioner of veterans affairs for a grant to the
Minnesota assistance council for veterans for homelessness assistance;
authorizing an American Indian veterans memorial plaque

ARTICLE 4 -
GOVERNOR'S FUND-RAISING INITIATIVES FOR VETERANS

Requiring the commissioner
of veterans affairs to issue special Support Our Veterans license plates and
establishing the Support Our Veterans Account in the special revenue fund;
requiring the state lottery to establish a scratch-off game dedicated to the
Support Our Veterans Account; specifying deposit requirement

ARTICLE 5 -
GOVERNOR'S GI BILL MODIFICATIONS

Modifying the definition of veteran and the
Minnesota GI bill program eligibility and benefit; appropriating money to the
commissioner of veterans affairs

ARTICLE 6 - ADDITIONAL GOVERNOR
APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money to the Gold Star program for surviving
family members, for funeral honor guard compensation, department information
technology systems, the Fillmore county veterans cemetery operation, and for
veterans service organizations
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