Bill would include hostile as well as non-hostile deaths to qualify
Nashville, TN – A bill, sponsored by Rep. Joe Pitts (D – Clarksville) extending property tax relief to the spouses of veterans, who are killed in non-hostile accidents while deployed, passed the House unanimously, 99-0.
There have been instances in which veterans, who are killed in accidents that are non-combat related, do not receive the same benefits as those who die while in combat. This bill (HB 980), stipulates that as long as a veteran is deployed, the family will still receive property tax breaks afforded those that are mortally wounded in combat.
