Florida Municipal Property Tax Exemption Amendment (2014)
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The Florida Municipal Property Tax Exemption Amendment was not on the November 4, 2014 ballot in Florida as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have exempted all property owned by a municipality and used exclusively for public purposes from taxation. Furthermore, the measure would have allowed the legislature to exempt any property owned by a municipality from taxation even without a public use purpose.[1]
The amendment was introduced into the Florida Legislature by Sen. Gwen Margolis (D-35) as Senate Joint Resolution 704.[2]
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- See also: Amending the Florida Constitution
The amendment was introduced into the legislature on January 22, 2014. The Florida Legislature can put a proposed amendment on the ballot upon a sixty percent majority vote in both legislative chambers via a joint resolution. On April 23, 2014, the amendment was withdrawn from any further consideration.[2]
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