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Florida Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment (1938)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 8, 1938. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported providing for a homestead property tax exemption. |
A “no” vote opposed providing for a homestead property tax exemption. |
Election results
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Florida Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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119,628 | 91.27% | ||
| No | 11,442 | 8.73% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment was as follows:
| “ | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE X, SECTION 7 To Amend Section 7 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Florida, relating to the exemption of homesteads from taxations, providing every person holding legal or beneficial title to real property in this State and who resides thereon and makes the same his or her permanent home or the permanent home of others legally or naturally dependent upon such person shall be entitled to exemption from taxation except for assessment for special benefits up to the assessed valuation of Five Thousand Dollars. FOR THE AMENDMENT AGAINST THE AMENDMENT | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 7. Every person who has the legal title or beneficial title in equity to real property in this State and who resides thereon and in good faith makes the same his or her permanent home, or the permanent home of another or others legally or naturally dependent upon said person, shall be entitled to an exemption from all taxation, except for assessments for special benefits, up to the assessed valuation of Five Thousand Dollars on the said home and contiguous real property, as defined in Article X, Section 1 of the Constitution, for the year 1939 and thereafter. Said title may be held by the entireties, jointly, or in common with others, and said exemption may be apportioned among such of the owners as shall reside thereon, as their respective interests shall appear, but no such exemption of more than Five Thousand Dollars shall be allowed to any one person or any one dwelling house, nor shall the amount of the exemption allowed any person exceed the proportionate assessed valuation based on the interest owned by such person. The Legislature may prescribe appropriate and reasonable laws regulating the manner of establishing the right to said exemption. |
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.
See also
External links
- Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
- St. Petersburg Times, "Sample Ballot for Today," November 8, 1938
Footnotes
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