Governor to sign Representative Peter Ujvagi’s bill on Military Pensions…
I refer to this as Representative Peter Ujvagi’s bill since those of you who remember this will know that it is something he’s been trying to get passed by the General Assembly for some time. The end result now being House Bill 372, which after being passed by both the House and the Senate is now on the desk of Governor Ted Strickland who has indicated is going to sign the bill. The Ohio Senate voted on this bill during the session yesterday, with passage of 26 in favor and 6 not, the House approved it back in November. Kudos to the General Assembly for passing this bill.
The summary of the bill:
To amend sections 124.23, 124.93, 125.111, 153.59, 153.591, 176.04, 176.06, 717.01, 1751.18, 2101.16, 2927.03, 3905.55, 4112.01, 4112.02, 4112.021, 4112.04, 4112.05, 4112.08, 4117.19, 4503.571, 4735.16, 4735.55, 5533.09, 5747.01, 5903.10, and 5903.12 and to enact sections 1349.04, 2101.164, 4112.023, 4503.433, 4503.731, and 5903.121 of the Revised Code to exempt estates of armed forces members who died while serving in a combat zone from probate fees, to exempt military retirement pay from the income tax, to provide that reservists and National Guard members may renew their professional licenses within six months after active duty service, to extend continuing education reporting periods for National Guard members ordered to duty by the Governor, to provide that standard “Purple Heart” license plates be issued without charge, to designate Interstate Routes 70 and 71 as the “Purple Heart Trail,” to authorize the display of combat battle stars on certain special combat or military license plates, to prohibit discrimination under the Ohio Civil Rights Commission Law and certain other laws on the basis of military status, to require the Attorney General to appoint a staff member of the Consumer Protection Division to expedite certain cases or issues raised by a person, or the person’s immediate family, who is deployed on active duty, to grant certain military persons additional civil service credit, to require relevant military experience to be considered in continuing education determinations, to create an incumbent worker training program, and to create Civil Air Patrol license plates.
December 13th, 2007 at 9:49 am