VICTORY FOR GOLD STAR SPOUSES!

AMENDMENT E APPROVED BY 88% OF COLORADO VOTERS!

In a sweeping victory for the United Veterans of Colorado and Gold Star Spouses, voters approved amending the Colorado Constitution Article X Section 3.5 to extend the partial property tax exemption to Gold Star Spouses.

 Several years of efforts, of resolutions passed by the American Legion, leadership of the UVC and patience of the Gold Star spouses themselves, all finally came to the best possible resolution – not only passed as required with 55% of the voters approving, but by an overwhelming 88%.

GOLD STAR SPOUSES PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION ADVANCES TO SENATE FLOOR

Yesterday the Colorado Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously its approval of the Gold Star Spouses property tax exemption bill. Several senators on the committee spoke to the importance of this bill.

Once approved by the Senate and signed by the governor, the bill goes to voters in each senatorial district as a referendum on amending the state constitution to include Gold Star Spouses for the partial property tax exemption. Presently, survivors of totally disabled vets already receiving the exemption continue the exemption. The original language of the property tax exemption unfortunately didn't address the situation of servicemembers who die on active duty.