LCO No. 2571 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6732 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 2571 Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AND MILITARY AFFAIRS Introduced by: REP. VEACH, 30th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED VETERANS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That subdivision (83) of section 12-81 of the general statutes be 1 amended to provide that (1) the land, in addition to the dwelling erected 2 upon such land, which belongs to or is held in trust for a permanently 3 and totally disabled veteran shall be included in the property being 4 exempted under said subdivision, and (2) in the case of any such veteran 5 who was eligible to receive such exemption but who has died, the 6 surviving spouse of such deceased veteran shall also be eligible for such 7 exemption. 8 Statement of Purpose: To expand a certain veterans property tax exemption to include (1) the land on which a dwelling sits, in addition to the dwelling itself, and (2) the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran.