Exempts certain expenditures relating to school safety from tax levy limits.
Increases the household threshold income cap on tuition assistance from $80,000 to $100,000.
Excludes from federal adjusted gross income the amount of any service award paid to a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker, thereby exempting such payments from state income tax in like manner as a pension.
Increases the real property tax exemption for certain veterans using alternative exemption from $12,000 to $16,000; increases additional exemption for combat veterans from $8,000 to $10,000; increases disabled veteran exemption from $40,000 to $50,000.
Provides that the office of fire prevention and control shall establish and maintain a centralized reporting system and data base of the names and firefighting organizations of all firefighters in the state; requires office of fire prevention and control to issue an annual report on or before March 31 to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly.
Expands opportunities for veteran-owned business enterprises.
Expands the statement of notice of a registration determination hearing to be given to a sex offender to include notice of the right to counsel and that the failure to appear shall be a violation of the sex offender registration act; removes the proof of residence exception for failure to mail the signed verification form; makes all violations of the sex offender registration act class D felonies.
Authorizes the creation of state debt in the amount of 1 billion dollars in creating the Alzheimer's research bond act of 2018 and provides for submission to the people of such proposal.
Requires local health departments notify volunteer fire companies upon detecting radiation.
Establishes the nurse loan repayment program; authorizes the commissioner to award loan repayment awards to nurses serving in underserved areas or nursing homes.
