*State Veterans Legislative Update 31 January 2017: SB 1443 veterans’ donation fund: tax credit | MOAA CORONADO – MOAA 5 STAR LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD AND FIVE STAR COMMUNICATIONS AWARD FOR 2023

Arizona SB 1443 is being sponsored by Senator Gail Griffin along with 15 other Senate and House of Representative Co-Sponsors. SB 1443 would establish the current Veterans’ Donation fund as an AZ Tax Credit donation organization for the period 1 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2025 to augment its current source of funding to benefit Arizona Veterans of all eras including post 9-11 Veterans who are now served by the Military Family Relief Fund (MFRF). The Bill would terminate tax credit donations to the MFRF at the end of 2017, a year earlier than currently scheduled, but would extend the time for disposition of unused funds to post 9/11/2001 Veterans to 31 Dec 2025. The MFRF still has over 6 million of the approximately 9 million dollars in donations received over the past 9 years.. Any unused funds as of 31 Dec 2025 would be transferred to the Veteran’s Donation Fund. This extension of time will maintain faith” with those Arizona taxpayers who specifically donated for the purposes of assisting post 911 veterans and their families. Concurrently,

Please consider sending the draft message at the end of this Email to all Arizona State Senators and Representatives ASAP to give them a heads up on this draft Bill and encourage their support.

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Draft Message ________________________________________________________________________________________

Dear State Legislator,

As an Arizona Veteran, I encourage you to support Senator Gail Griffin and some 15 other Senate and House of Representative co-sponsors of SB 1443 regarding the Veterans’ Donation Fund and the Military Family Relief Fund (MFRF). This Bill would establish the current Veterans’ Donation fund as an AZ Tax Credit donation organization for the period 1 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2025 to augment its current source of resources for assisting Arizona Veterans of all eras and their families, including post 9-11 Veterans who are now served by the MFRF. It would cap annual donation at one million dollars. It would also terminate tax credit donations to the MFRF at the end of 2017, but would extend the time for disposition of unused funds to post 9-11 Veterans and their families to 31 Dec 2025. The MFRF currently has over 6 million dollars in unused funds. Any unused funds as of 31 Dec 2025 would be transferred for deposit in the Veteran’s Donation Fund as originally planned at the end of 2018. This extension of time will “maintain faith” with those Arizona taxpayers who specifically donated for the purposes of assisting post 9-11 veterans and their families.

Respectfully,