Florida Amendment 6, Increase in Low-Income Senior Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment (2006)
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| Topic Homestead tax exemptions |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 7, 2006. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported increasing the homestead tax exemption for low-income seniors. |
A “no” vote opposed increasing the homestead tax exemption for low-income seniors. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 6 |
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3,533,101 | 76.39% | ||
| No | 1,092,128 | 23.61% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing amendment of the State Constitution to increase the maximum additional homestead exemption for low-income seniors from $25,000 to $50,000 and to schedule the amendment to take effect January 1, 2007, if adopted. | ” |
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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Footnotes
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