Oregon Inheritance Tax Exemption Initiative (2014)

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A Oregon Inheritance Tax Exemption Initiative, also known as No Taxes on Family Giving Amendment and Protect Family Giving From Taxes Act, did not make the November 4, 2014 ballot as an initiated state statute or initiated constitutional amendment. The measure, proposed both in statutory and constitutional formats, sought to prohibit the taxation of giving between family members. Taxes on giving to family members through inheritance is sometimes referred to as an inheritance tax.

Support

Marie Bowers, Robert Zielinski and Gerald Freeman were all chief petitioners for both versions of the proposed initiative.

Path to the ballot

See also: Oregon signature requirements & Amending the Oregon Constitution

In order to qualify for the ballot, supporters were required to collect a minimum of 87,213 valid signatures for the statute version or 116,284 valid signatures for the constitutional version by July 3, 2014. On May 13, 2013, the statutory version of this proposed initiative was filed and numbered Initiative 12. On January 3, 2014, the same petitioners submitted a similar initiative to amend the constitution with was numbered Initiative 43. The chief petitioners withdrew both versions on April 25, 2014.

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• 2014 ballot measures
• Oregon 2014 ballot measures
• Laws governing the initiative process in Oregon