Louisiana Property Tax Amendment, Question 2 (2004)
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Louisiana Amendment 2, also known as the Homestead Exemption from Property Taxes Act, was on the November 2, 2004, election ballot in Louisiana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. This measure proposed to clarify the qualifications for a homestead exemption.[1][2][3]
Election results
| Amendment 2, General | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,129,186 | 78% | ||
| No | 317,770 | 22% | ||
Election results via: Louisiana Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
Proposing to amend Section 20(A) of Article VII of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the homestead exemption from ad valorem property taxes; to provide persons eligible for the homestead exemption and for the valuation of land which is the homestead; to provide for the homestead exemption for homesteads owned in indivision and for fields in which there is timber; to provide for the application of the exemption to the surviving spouse, testamentary or irrevocable trusts, usufructuaries, and to property occupied by a buyer under a bond for deed contract under certain conditions; to prohibit more than one exemption for any person; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State Official 2004 Election Results
- ↑ Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, "Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2015," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2004 Constitutional Amendments," accessed November 9, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2004 Constitutional Amendments," accessed November 9, 2015
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