Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB1611: Property Tax - Credit for Dwelling House of Disabled Veterans and Surviving Spouses - Income Eligibility
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Altering a certain income limitation used to establish eligibility for a property tax credit against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling house of a certain disabled veteran or surviving spouse; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026.
What the bill says
An act concerning Property Tax - Credit for Dwelling House of Disabled Veterans and Surviving Spouses - Income Eligibility FOR the purpose of repealing altering a certain income limitation used to establish eligibility for a property tax credit against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling house of a certain disabled veteran or surviving spouse and instead authorizing the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to establish eligibility criteria that limits the property tax credit based on a disabled veteran's federal adjusted gross income…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Property Tax - Credit for Dwelling House of Disabled Veterans and Surviving Spouses - Income Eligibility FOR the purpose of repealing altering a certain income limitation used to establish eligibility for a property tax credit against the county and municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling house of a certain disabled veteran or surviving spouse and instead authorizing the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to establish eligibility criteria that limits the property tax credit based on a disabled veteran's federal adjusted gross income; and generally relating to a property tax credit for the dwelling house of disabled veterans and surviving spouses. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Tax - Property Section 9-265 Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Tax - Property 9-265. (a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) "Disabled veteran" means an individual who: (i) is honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active military, naval, or air service as defined in 38 U.S.C. § 101; and (ii) 1. has been declared by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to have a permanent service-connected disability of at …