Florida Amendment 7, Senior Disabled Veterans' Ad Valorem Tax Discount Amendment (2006)
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| Topic Homestead tax exemptions and Veterans policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 7, 2006. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported providing an ad valorem tax discount for veterans who are 65 or older, who were disabled due to a combat-related injury, and meet other specifications. |
A “no” vote opposed providing an ad valorem tax discount for veterans who are 65 or older, who were disabled due to a combat-related injury, and meet other specifications. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 7 |
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3,552,441 | 77.83% | ||
| No | 1,011,958 | 22.17% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to provide a discount from the amount of ad valorem tax on the homestead of a partially or totally permanently disabled veteran who is age 65 or older who was a Florida resident at the time of entering military service, whose disability was combat-related, and who was honorably discharged; to specify the percentage of the discount as equal to the percentage of the veteran's permanent service-connected disability; to specify qualification requirements for the discount; to authorize the Legislature to waive the annual application requirement in subsequent years by general law; and to specify that the provision takes effect December 7, 2006, is self-executing, and does not require implementing legislation. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Florida Constitution
A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.
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