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Tin LrronTNEv GENERAL
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ArTORNREY GENERAfL
August 5, 1976
The Honorable Tom Hanna Opinion No. H- 857
Criminal District Attorney
Jefferson County Re: Constitutionality
P. O. Box 2553 of article 7150h, V.T.C.S.,
Beaumont, Texas 77704 granting a tax exemption
to disabled veterans.
Dear Mr. Hanna:
You have asked our opinion on the constitutionality of
article 7150h, V.T.C.S., which provides a tax exemption for
certain disabled veterans and for certain members of their
families.
Article 7150h provides in part:
Section 1. There are exempted from all
property taxes levied by the state, a county,
city, town, school district, special district,
or other political subdivision of the state
the value of assessed property owned by a
disabled veteran or by the surviving spouse
or children of a deceased veteran in the
amounts provided in this Act.
Sec. 3. (a) A disabled veteran whose
disability is less than 10 percent is not
entitled to an exemption under this Act.
(b) A disabled veteran whose disability
is 10 percent or more, but not more than
30 percent, is entitled to an exemption of
the first $1,500 of the assessed value of
h IS property. (Emhasi-s added).p. 3615
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-857, text, August 5, 1976; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth271381/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.