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West Virginia Homestead Exemption Calculation Amendment (2016)
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
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The West Virginia Homestead Exemption Calculation Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016, ballot in West Virginia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have provided a method "of calculating the homestead exemption and providing that the exemption may never be less than $20,000."[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was:[1]
| “ | Homestead Exemption Calculation Amendment[2] | ” |
Ballot summary
The proposed ballot summary was:[1]
| “ | The purpose of this amendment is to provide an alternative method of calculating the homestead exemption and providing that the exemption may never be less than $20,000.[2] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the West Virginia Constitution
The amendment needed to be approved by a two-thirds (66.67%) vote in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature in order to appear on a ballot.
The West Virginia Legislature's 2015 session ended on March 15, 2015, without the bill passing both chambers. Legislators had the opportunity to reintroduce the bill again during the 2016 legislative session. The 2016 legislative session ended on March 12, 2016. The bill was not approved.
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State of West Virginia Charleston (capital) |
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