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Roswell, Georgia, Homestead Tax Exemption Measure (November 2018)

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Roswell Homestead Tax Exemption Measure

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Election date

November 6, 2018

Topic
Local property tax
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Referral

Roswell Homestead Tax Exemption Measure was on the ballot as a referral in Roswell on November 6, 2018. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported creating a city homestead tax exemption equal to the increase in a home’s assessed value above its 2016 base year value, with the base year adjusted annually by the lesser of 3% or the inflation rate.

A “no” vote opposed creating a city homestead tax exemption equal to the increase in a home’s assessed value above its 2016 base year value, with the base year adjusted annually by the lesser of 3% or the inflation rate.


Election results

Roswell Homestead Tax Exemption Measure

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

28,378 76.52%
No 8,707 23.48%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Homestead Tax Exemption Measure was as follows:

“

Do you approve the Act which provides a new homestead exemption from City of Roswell property taxes for city purposes in the amount of the difference between the current year assessed value of a home and its 2016 base year assessed value, provided the base year assessed value shall be adjusted each year by the lesser of 3 percent or any percentage increase in the inflation rate?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Georgia

This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Roswell.

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