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Louisiana Property Tax Exemption for Drilling Rigs, Ballot Measure 8 (October 2003)
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The Louisiana Property Tax Exemption for Drilling Rigs, Ballot Measure 8 was on the ballot in Louisiana on October 4, 2003, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. It proposed that an ad valorem tax exemption should be given for drilling rigs that would be used outside the territorial waters of the state but were in state boundaries undergoing repair or renovation.[1][2][3]
Election results
| Louisiana Measure 8 (October 2003) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 589,355 | 55.92% | ||
| No | 464487 | 44.08% | ||
Election results via: Louisiana Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| To exempt from property tax, in each parish in which the voters have approved a proposition granting such exemption, drilling rigs and any property incorporated in or used in the operation thereof, used outside of the state exclusively for the exploration and development of minerals, but which are located within the state for the purpose of being stored, stacked, converted, renovated, or repaired. (Effective January 1, 2004)(Adds Article VII, Section 21(J))[4][5] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," October 4, 2003
- ↑ Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, "Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2015," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2003 Constitutional Amendments," accessed November 9, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2003 Constitutional Amendments," accessed November 9, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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