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Property Tax Exemption for Spouses of Deceased Veterans

Louisiana Ballot Measure - CA NO. 4 (Act 875 - SB 337)

Election: Nov. 6, 2012 (General)

Outcome: Passed

Categories:

Housing and Property
Veterans
Constitution
Taxes

Summary

Present Constitution provides an additional homestead exemption on property whichis owned and occupied by a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 100% by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Further provides that the surviving spouse shall be eligible for this exemption if the exemption was in effect on the property prior to the death of the veteran and the surviving spouse remains the owner of the property.

Proposed Constitutional Amendment provides that the surviving spouse shall be eligible for this exemption if the surviving spouse occupies and remains the owner of the property, whether or not the exemption was in effect on the property prior to the death of the veteran.

Measure Text

Do you support an amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation, in addition to the homestead exemption, the next seventy-five thousand dollars of value of property owned and occupied by the spouse of a deceased veteran with a service-connected disability rating of one hundred percent who passed away prior to the enactment of the exemption? (Effective January 1, 2013)(Amends Article VII, Section 21(K)(1))

(Select One)

__YES

__NO

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