Florida Amendment 3, Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment (1986)

Florida Amendment 3
Election date November 4, 1986
Topic Property and Taxes
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 4, 1986. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported establishing the homestead tax exemption as $5,000 plus one-half of the assessed value over $5,000, up to $25,000.

A “no” vote opposed establishing the homestead tax exemption as $5,000 plus one-half of the assessed value over $5,000, up to $25,000.

Election results

Florida Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,127,438	35.53%
No		2,045,473	64.47%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

Provides that the homestead tax exemption shall be changed from $25,000 to $5,000, plus one-half of the assessed value over $5,000, the total exemption not to exceed $25,000.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

See also

1986 Measures

• 1986 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• Property on the ballot
• 1986 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Florida Division of Elections, "Initiatives / Amendments / Revisions Database"