Legislation

Priority 1:

It has been 18 years since the Minnesota Legislature reset the property value levels for the Disabled Veterans Homestead Market Value Exclusion. Meanwhile, property values rise and rise, diminishing the intention of this benefit. 

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The first level of market-value exclusion is $150,000 for veterans rated by the VA at 70 to 100 percent disabled. The second level provides an exclusion of $300,000 in value for veterans rated 100 percent permanent and total.

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House File 3727 raises the amounts to $225,000 and $450,000 respectively. Its companion is Senate File 615.

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We ask state lawmakers to approve these bills and show their respect for the sacrifices the most disabled veterans have endured. Without them, we wouldn't have a Minnesota to govern.

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Priority 2:

Help the Department of Minnesota advocate on behalf of charitable gambling operations in Minnesota. We want to see meat raffles (i.e.: paddletickets) go to a $5 cap, instead of $2, with a $500 prize limit, instead of $70. We also want to see tax relief for charities should a sports-betting bill pass the Legislature.

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Priority 3:

Make the Minnesota Commanders' Task Force some sort of official entity, whether that is a nonprofit organization or a child of the state government. For many decades it has existed in a quasi-limbo state. The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs and the CTF hopes to change that this session.