Conti Bill to Help Disabled Veterans Signed into Law

DENVER – State Rep. Kathleen Conti's second bill was signed into law this week by Gov. John Hickenlooper.  The measure, House Bill 1226, will expedite the application process for disabled veterans to receive their property tax exemption.


"This law will speed up the application process disabled veterans go through, quickly giving them the economic help they need in this tough economy," said Conti, R-Littleton.

HB 1226 allows the Division of Veterans Affairs to use an applicant’s entire Social Security number to verify the veteran status for the disabled veteran property tax exemption.  Current law requires that the first five digits of the applicant's social security number be removed or permanently obscured on the application. The law eliminates this requirement.

The protection of the social security numbers of applicants will not be comprised as the application will be directly received by the Division of Veterans Affairs.

"Our disabled veterans deserve better than to have their rightful property exemptions slowed down by an unnecessary extra step in their applications,” Conti said. “Having them use their entire social security number on their applications will complete all the necessary checks without risking their Social Security numbers falling into the wrong hands.”

HB 1226 passed the General Assembly unanimously and immediately goes into effect.

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