| 6 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 7 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1129 3 |
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| 8 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 9 | 7 | | By: Representatives Gramlich, Puryear 5 |
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| 10 | 8 | | By: Senator J. Petty 6 |
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| 11 | 9 | | 7 |
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| 12 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR 9 |
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| 14 | 12 | | DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND MINOR 10 |
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| 15 | 13 | | DEPENDENT CHILDREN; TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF 11 |
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| 16 | 14 | | "HOMESTEAD" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPERTY TAX 12 |
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| 17 | 15 | | EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SURVIVING SPOUSES, 13 |
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| 18 | 16 | | AND MINOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 14 |
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| 19 | 17 | | 15 |
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| 20 | 18 | | 16 |
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| 21 | 19 | | Subtitle 17 |
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| 22 | 20 | | TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "HOMESTEAD" 18 |
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| 23 | 21 | | FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPERTY TAX 19 |
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| 24 | 22 | | EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, 20 |
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| 25 | 23 | | SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND MINOR DEPENDENT 21 |
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| 26 | 24 | | CHILDREN. 22 |
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| 28 | 26 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24 |
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| 29 | 27 | | 25 |
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| 30 | 28 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 26 -3-306(a)(2)(A), concerning the 26 |
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| 31 | 29 | | definitions used in relation to the property tax exemption for disabled 27 |
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| 32 | 30 | | veterans, surviving spouses, and minor dependent children, is amended to read 28 |
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| 33 | 31 | | as follows: 29 |
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| 34 | 32 | | (A) “Homestead” means the: 30 |
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| 35 | 33 | | (i) Dwelling that a disabled veteran, surviving 31 |
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| 36 | 34 | | spouse of a disabled veteran, or minor dependent child of a disabled veteran 32 |
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| 37 | 35 | | occupies as his or her principal place of residence; and 33 |
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