LD 1674
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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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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


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