Letter: House again stymies bill to help disabled veterans

Posted 6/14/19

I am an advocate for Property Relief Credit which is granted by R.I. General Law 44-33-3. Back in 2014, this law was revised, and the language deleted “Disabled Veterans” from this law. …

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Letter: House again stymies bill to help disabled veterans

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I am an advocate for Property Relief Credit which is granted by R.I. General Law 44-33-3. Back in 2014, this law was revised, and the language deleted “Disabled Veterans” from this law. Bill(s) H19-5010, which was submitted by Rep. Jason Knight, and H19-5221, which was submitted by Rep. Stephen Casey, were killed in committee again this year, which now makes five years in a row.

The House of Representatives cannot see that this law 44-33-3, when revised, deleted disabled veterans from receiving this credit, because they receive their benefits from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, and not Social Security.

This bill has been a form of discrimination against our disabled veterans, as they are in the same class as people who receive Social Security benefits. These two bills would have changed the language to include disabled veterans who receive benefits from the V.A. As this law stands, only people receiving Social Security benefits and earning under $30,000 and meet the other requirements of this bill can take this credit on their R.I. 1040.

If you can see my frustration and the problem this law is causing, please help me fight this issue and write to House Speaker Mattiello, and add to the shame he is causing by not wanting to pass this bill.

David Silvia
Woonsocket

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