TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM STATE SALES TAX FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SPOUSES OF DISABLED VETERANS, AND SURVIVING SPOUSES OF DISABLED VETERANS.

Fiscal Impact Statement Bill: HB1319 Bill Subtitle: TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM STATE SALES TAX FOR DISABLED VETERANS, SPOUSES OF DISABLED VETERANS, AND SURVIVING SPOUSES OF DISABLED VETERANS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: Reps. Crawford, Barnes, Berry, Breaux, John Carr, Cooper, Duffield, Ennett, Garner, Gonzales Worthen, Gramlich, Hollowell, Hudson, Johnson, Lynch, McClure, McCullough, McElroy, McGruder, Nazarenko, J. Richardson, Richmond, Rose, Rye, and Steimel Sens. Boyd and Clark Basic Change: HB1319 creates a state sales tax exemption for the purchase of tangible personal property, specified digital products, a digital code, or services by a disabled veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran, or the unmarried surviving spouse of a disabled veteran. A person is a "disabled veteran" if they qualify for the property tax exemption in § 26-3-306. Under § 306 a disabled veteran is someone who has been awarded special monthly compensation by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the loss of, or the loss of use of, one or more limbs, for total blindness in one or