Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SJR16 Latest Draft

Bill / Draft Version Filed 02/12/2025

                            Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to the Arkansas 
Constitution. 
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State of Arkansas     1 
95th General Assembly      2 
Regular Session, 2025  	SJR 16 3 
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By: Senator Crowell 5 
By: Representative McNair 6 
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8 
AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO EXEMPT 9 
CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FROM PROPERTY TAX; AND TO 10 
CREATE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN 11 
INDIVIDUALS. 12 
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Subtitle 15 
AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS 16 
CONSTITUTION TO EXEMPT CERTAIN REAL 17 
PROPERTY FROM PROPERTY TAX; AND TO 18 
CREATE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR 19 
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. 20 
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 22 
STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A MAJORITY OF ALL 23 
MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE AGREEING THERETO: 24 
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 That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of 26 
the State of Arkansas, and upon being submitted to the electors of the state 27 
for approval or rejection at the next general election for Representatives 28 
and Senators, if a majority of the electors voting thereon at the election 29 
adopt the amendment, the amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of 30 
the State of Arkansas, to wit: 31 
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 SECTION 1.  The purpose of this joint resolution is to amend the 33 
Arkansas Constitution to exempt certain real property from property tax and 34 
to create property tax exemptions for certain individuals. 35 
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