§ 1-7-73. Grant entitlement.

The first year of the grant entitlement shall be for the 2007 ad valorem tax year. Qualified military personnel (QMP) shall be entitled to grants, not to exceed the lesser of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per calendar year or the QMP's ad valorem county property tax contribution, where the QMP has served in active military duty in Iraq or Afghanistan for a total of forty-five (45) days or more, or who has been medically evacuated from Iraq or Afghanistan due combat-related physical injury, regardless of the number of days in Iraq or Afghanistan. Also entitled to the grant is the un-remarried spouse of personnel who have been killed in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan, regardless of the number of days served in Iraq or Afghanistan by the deceased. All applications of a QMP must be received no later than December 31, 2007 and any subsequent years in which the QMP serves in combat duty. The QMP as defined herein, including the un-remarried spouse of personnel who have been killed in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan, regardless of the number of days served in Iraq or Afghanistan by the deceased, shall be entitled to a grant equivalent in the full amount of the lesser of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per calendar year or the QMP's ad valorem property taxes paid. Grant entitlement applies only with respect to an ad valorem tax year in which the QMP served for forty-five (45) days or more of active military duty in Iraq or Afghanistan, or was medically evacuated from Iraq or Afghanistan due to combat-related physical injury, or was killed in combat, regardless of the number of days served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

(Ord. No. 2007-019, § 1, 4-24-07)