Ohio Spousal Continuance for the Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment (1990)

Ohio Spousal Continuance for the Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment
Election date November 6, 1990
Topic Property and Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Ohio Spousal Continuance for the Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 6, 1990. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported allowing spouses of persons receiving a homestead tax exemption to continue receiving it after their spouse's death if certain criteria are met.

A “no” vote opposed allowing spouses of persons receiving a homestead tax exemption to continue receiving it after their spouse's death if certain criteria are met.

Election results

Ohio Spousal Continuance for the Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,967,935	88.84%
No		372,950	11.16%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Spousal Continuance for the Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment was as follows:

“

To amend Section 2 of Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio  To permit the general assembly to allow surviving spouses of persons who were receiving a homestead tax reduction at the time of death to continue receiving the reduction if the surviving spouse:  Is 60 years old or older, and Continues to live in a qualifying homestead.  Shall the proposed amendment be adopted?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Ohio Constitution

A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Ohio State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Ohio House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Ohio State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1990 Measures

• 1990 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• Property on the ballot
• 1990 legislative sessions

Ohio

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• Ohio ballot measure laws

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External links

• Toledo Blade, "Ballot Language, Explanations, Arguments and Resolutions for Amendments to the Ohio Constitution Proposed by the General Assembly and Ballot Language, Arguments and the Full Text of an Amendment to the Ohio Constition Proposed by Initiative Petition to be Submitted to the Voters at the General Election, November 6, 1990," October 30, 1990