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any federally recognized war period during or before World
War I and who would be eligible for an exemption under
paragraph C.

 
The exemption provided in this paragraph is in lieu of any
exemption under paragraph C to which the veteran may be
eligible and applies to the property of that veteran,
including property held in joint tenancy with that
veteran's spouse or held in a revocable living trust for
the benefit of that veteran.

 
D. The estates up to the just value of $5,000 $10,000,
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 the minor child of a veteran.

 
The estates up to the just value of $5,000 $10,000, 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.

 
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.

 
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §653, sub-§1, ¶D-1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 396,
§13, is further amended to read:

 
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 38 United States Code, 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 February 27, 1961 and before May 8, 1975 in the case of
a veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that
period and after August 4, 1964 and before May 7, 1975 in all
other cases, unless the veteran died in service or was


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