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spouse or held in a revocable living trust for the benefit of | that veteran. |
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| D. The estates up to the just value of $5,000 $7,000, | having a taxable situs in the place of residence, of the | unremarried widow or the minor child of any veteran who | would be entitled to the exemption if living, or who is in | receipt of a pension or compensation from the Federal | Government as the widow or minor child of a veteran. |
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| The estates up to the just value of $5,000 $7,000, having a | taxable situs in the place of residence, of the mother of a | deceased veteran who is 62 years of age or older and is an | unremarried widow who is in receipt of a pension or | compensation from the Federal Government based upon the | service-connected death of her child. |
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| The exemptions provided in this paragraph apply to the | property of an unremarried widow, minor child or mother of a | deceased veteran, including property held in a revocable | living trust for the benefit of that unremarried widow, | minor child or mother of a deceased veteran. |
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| | Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §653, sub-§1, ¶D-1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 368, Pt. | CCC, §3 and affected by §11, is further amended to read: |
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| D-1. The estates up to the just value of $47,500, having a | taxable situs in the place of residence, for specially | adapted housing units, of veterans who served in the Armed | Forces of the United States during any federally recognized | war period, including the Korean Campaign, the Vietnam War | and the Persian Gulf War, and who are paraplegic veterans | within the meaning of the Code, Title 38, Chapter 21, | Section 2101, and who received a grant from the United | States Government for any such housing, or of the | unremarried widows of such veterans. A veteran of the | Vietnam War must have served on active duty for a period of | more than 180 days, any part of which occurred after August | 4, 1964 and before May 7, 1975, unless the veteran died in | service or was discharged for a service-connected disability | after that date. "Vietnam War" means the period between | August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975. "Persian Gulf War" means | service on active duty between August 7, 1990 and April 11, | 1991. The exemption provided in this paragraph applies to | the property of the veteran including property held in joint | tenancy with a spouse or held in a revocable living trust | for the benefit of that veteran. |
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