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Utah Property Tax Exemption for Wildfire Prevention Efforts Amendment (2020)
| Utah Property Tax Exemption for Wildfire Prevention Efforts Amendment | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Utah Property Tax Exemption for Wildfire Prevention Efforts Amendment was not on the ballot in Utah as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The amendment would have allowed the Legislature Allows to create a property tax exemption for property owners who incur expenses for measures taken to prevent wildfire on the property.
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Utah Constitution
The measure would have amended section 3 of Article XIII of the Utah Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added and struck-through text would have been deleted:[1]
Article XIII, Section 3. [Property tax exemptions.]
(3) The following may be exempted from property tax as provided by statute:
- (a) property owned by a disabled person who, during military training or a military conflict, was disabled in the line of duty in the military service of the United States or the State;
- (b) property owned by the unmarried surviving spouse or the minor orphan of a person who:
- (i) is described in Subsection (3)(a); or
- (ii) during military training or a military conflict, was killed in action or died in the line of duty in the military service of the United States or the State;
and
- (c) real property owned by a person in the military or the person's spouse, or both, and used as the person's primary residence, if the person serves under an order to federal active duty out of state for at least 200 days in a continuous 365-day period
.; and
- (d) land whose owner incurs expenses for measures to prevent a wildfire on the owner's land.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Utah Constitution
In Utah, both chambers of the state legislature need to pass a constitutional amendment by a two-thirds vote during one legislative session to refer an amendment to the ballot.
The amendment was introduced into the legislature by Sen. Daniel Hemmert (R) and Rep. Casey Snider (R) as Senate Joint Resolution 10 on February 13, 2020. The Senate approved the measure on March 9, 2020, by a vote of 26-1 with two Republican senators absent or not voting. The single no vote came from Republican Senator Lyle Hillyard.[1]
The Utah House of Representatives did not approve the measure before the legislative session ended on March 12, 2020.
| Vote in the Utah State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 20  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| Total percent | 89.65% | 3.45% | 6.9% |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 20 | 1 | 2 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Utah State Legislature, "Senate Joint Resolution 10," accessed March 11, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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