Utah Proposition 1, Expand the Property Tax Exemption for Veterans Amendment (1996)

Utah Proposition 1
Election date November 5, 1996
Topic Homestead tax exemptions and Property tax exemptions
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 5, 1996. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to modify the requirements to qualify for the veterans' property tax exemption to include: female veterans and their male spouses; and veterans who were killed or disabled in the line of duty outside of a declared war.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to modify the requirements to qualify for the veteran's property tax exemption.

Election results

Utah Proposition 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		429,981	70.93%
No		176,228	29.07%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:

“

Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to modify the qualifications for the property tax exemption on property owned by: (a) a disable person (veteran), and the surviving spouse and minor orphans of the disabled person who died, and (b) the surviving spouse and minor orphans of the person (veteran) who died by: redefining the scope of military service to include any international conflict or military training;  requiring that the person's disability or death occur in the line of duty; and  expanding eligibility for the property tax exemption from unmarried widows to unmarried surviving spouses?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Utah Constitution

A two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers vote is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1996 Measures

• 1996 Measures
• Homestead tax exemptions on the ballot
• Property tax exemptions on the ballot
• Veterans policy on the ballot
• 1996 legislative sessions

Utah

• Utah ballot measures
• Utah ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Utah Voter Guide (1996)