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HB 285                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 285                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to an optional exemption from municipal                                                                    
    property taxes for residences of widows and widowers of certain                                                             
    members of the armed forces of the United States; and providing                                                             
    that this Act may be known as the Sergeant Irving Hernandez, Jr.,                                                           
    Act."                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 285(CRA)                                                                                              
    "An Act relating to an optional exemption from municipal                                                                    
    property taxes for residences of widows and widowers of certain                                                             
    members of the armed forces of the United States."                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Meyer and Chenault, Co-                                                                
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (9):  Crawford, Gara, Nelson, Stoltze, Joule, Hawker,                                                                   
Thomas, Meyer, Chenault                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                

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No recommendation (1):  Kelly                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 285(CRA):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 285 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                 
calendar.