Homestead Property Taxes/Persons Age 65 and Older
Summary
Homestead Property Taxes/Persons Age 65 and Older; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit increases in the assessed value of homestead property held by a low-income senior; to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to allow counties or municipalities to grant an exemption equal to the assessed value of homestead property held by a low-income senior; to provide for a homestead exemption equal to the assessed value of the property, if the just value of the property is less than a certain amount and legal or equitable title to the property is held by certain senior, low-income, long-term residents, to provide for annual adjustment of the just value threshold, and to provide an effective date, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Manny Diaz, Jr.
RRepublican
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