As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

H. B. No. 450

Representative Pillich 

Cosponsors: Representatives Driehaus, Szollosi, Antonio, Fedor, Stinziano, Reece, Yuko, Okey 

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A BILL

To enact section 5747.084 of the Revised Code to

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promote enrollment for the veterans' compensation

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authorized in Section 2r of Article VIII, Ohio

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Constitution, by enabling eligible veterans to

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identify themselves on the personal income tax

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return.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 5747.084 of the Revised Code be	7
enacted to read as follows:	8

Sec. 5747.084. As used in this section, "eligible veteran"	9
means an individual taxpayer who is eligible for the compensation	10
authorized by Section 2r of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution.	11

An individual taxpayer who is an eligible veteran may	12
indicate on the taxpayer's annual return filed under section	13
5747.08 of the Revised Code that the taxpayer, the taxpayer's	14
spouse, or a dependent is an eligible veteran. The tax	15
commissioner shall provide a space on the annual return forms by	16
which a taxpayer may make such an indication. The space provided	17
shall allow a taxpayer to indicate whether the taxpayer, spouse,	18
or dependent served in active duty in the United States armed	19
forces at any time between August 2, 1990, and March 3, 1991, at	20
any time between October 7, 2001, and the date determined by the	21
president of the United States as the end of involvement of the	22
United States armed forces in Afghanistan, or at any time between	23
March 19, 2003, and the date determined by the president of the	24
United States as the end of the involvement of the United States	25
armed forces in Iraq. The commissioner shall also print in the	26
instructions accompanying the annual return form the definition of	27
an eligible veteran and a notice that, for any person identified	28
on the return as an eligible veteran, the commissioner will	29
forward to the director of veterans services the person's name,	30
address, and the term during which the person served in active	31
duty in the United States armed forces as indicated on the return.	32

For each person identified on a return as an eligible	33
veteran, the tax commissioner shall forward to the director of	34
veterans services the person's name, address, and term during	35
which the person served in active duty in the United States armed	36
forces as indicated on the return.	37