The "Big Four" Veteran Service Organizations Unite for Common Goals

2018 Legislative Priorities​
Taxes
  • Include individual un-employability disabled veterans for property tax exemptions at the 100% disabled rate
  • Include spouses of service members killed in action for property tax exemptions at the 100% rate
  • Tax credit for businesses hiring veterans
  • Renter’s credit for disabled veterans who do not own real property at an equivalent discount
  • Income tax exemption for all military pay

Gaming
  • Veteran Lottery Ticket to fund veteran programs
  • Electronic gaming terminals to fund veteran programs
  • Ability for Veteran Service Organizations to pay their bingo workers

Other Priorities
  • Legalize CBD Cannabidiol extracts/oils
  • Extend the Homeless and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy veteran programs beyond 2019
  • Fix Veteran ID requirements on driver’s license
  • Offer a golden pass disabled veteran placard, rather than license for those who choose. 

​Continuing Priorities from past General Sessions
  • Retrograde to post-2011 tuition and fee exemption for children of disabled veterans          
  • Expand Veterans Treatment Courts
  • Increase Funding for County Veteran Service Officers​