Florida Amendment 3, Property Value Assessment Exemptions Amendment (2008)

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Florida Amendment 3

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Election date

November 4, 2008

Topic
Energy and Property
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Commission-referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State commission



Florida Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a commission-referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 4, 2008. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported exempting property improvements that increase resistance to wind damage or provide renewable energy when assessing the property value.

A “no” vote opposed exempting property improvements that increase resistance to wind damage or provide renewable energy when assessing the property value.


Election results

Florida Amendment 3

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

4,351,975 60.51%
No 2,839,825 39.49%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

Authorizes the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit consideration of changes or improvements to residential real property which increase resistance to wind damage and installation of renewable energy source devices as factors in assessing the property's value for ad valorem taxation purposes. Effective upon adoption, repeals the existing renewable energy source device exemption no longer in effect.

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission referred the constitutional amendment to the ballot.

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