To enact section 5747.084 of the Revised Code to promote enrollment for the veterans' compensation authorized in Section 2r of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, by enabling eligible veterans to identify themselves on the personal income tax return.

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

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

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

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