| C-1. The estates up to the just value of $7,000, having a | taxable situs in the place of residence of veterans who | served in the Armed Forces of the United States during any | federally recognized war period during or before World War I | and who would be eligible for an exemption under paragraph | C. |
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| 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. The exemption provided in this paragraph | also applies to the ownership interest of that veteran in a | cooperative housing entity. |
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| D. The estates up to the just value of $5,000, having a | taxable situs in the place of residence, of the unremarried | widow or 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, 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. The exemptions | provided in this paragraph also apply to the ownership | interest of an unremarried widow, minor child or mother of a | deceased veteran in a cooperative housing entity. |
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| | Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §653, sub-§1, ¶D-1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 396, §13, | 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 | 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 |
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