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New Jersey Question 2, Property Tax Deductions for Veterans (1999)
New Jersey Question 2, also known as the Constitutional Amendment to Increase the Property Tax Deduction for Veterans, was on the November 2, 1999 election ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.
Election results
| New Jersey Question 2 | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 886,481 | 77% | ||
| No | 258,972 | 33% | ||
Text of measure
The language that appeared on the ballot:
Shall the amendment to Article VIII, Section I, paragraph 3 of the State Constitution, agreed to by the Legislature, increasing from $50 to $250 over four years the annual deduction for veterans from real and personal property taxes, be approved?
Interpretive Statement: This proposed constitutional amendment would increase the property tax deduction for veterans from the current $50 to: $100 for calendar year 2000, $150 for calendar year 2001, $200 for calendar year 2002 and $250 for each year thereafter. The veterans' property tax deduction provided for in the State Constitution has not been increased since 1963.
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