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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 433
BY SENATOR QUINN
TAX EXEMPTIONS. Constitutional amendment to authorize the full homestead exemption
for an owner in indivision who is occupying the homestead if the exemption had been
allowed to such owner prior to June 20, 2003. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
A JOINT RESOLUTION1
Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 20(A)(6) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative2
to the homestead exemption; to provide with respect to the homestead exemption of3
homesteads occupied by an owner in indivision; and to specify an election for4
submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.5
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members6
elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, for7
their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to amend Article VII,8
Section 20(A)(6) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:9
ยง20. Homestead Exemption 10
Section 20.(A) Homeowners.11
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(6) Except as otherwise provided for in this Paragraph, the homestead13
exemption shall apply to property owned in indivision, but shall be limited to the pro14
rata ownership interest of that person or persons occupying the homestead unless a15
homestead exemption had been allowed to the owner in indivision prior to June16
20, 2003, in which case the homestead exemption of such owner in indivision17 SB NO. 433
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occupying the homestead shall apply to the entire homestead.1
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Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted3
to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 2,4
2010.5
Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election6
there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted7
to vote FOR or AGAINST, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall8
read as follows:9
To authorize the full homestead exemption for an owner in indivision who10
is occupying the homestead if the exemption had been allowed to such owner11
prior to June 20, 2003.12
(Amends Article VII, Section 20(A)(6))13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Riley Boudreaux.
DIGEST
Present constitution limits the homestead exemption of an owner in indivision to the pro rata
ownership interest of the person occupying the homestead.
Proposed constitutional amendment authorizes the full homestead exemption for an owner
in indivision who is occupying the homestead if the exemption had been allowed to such
owner prior to June 20, 2003.
Specifies submission of the amendment to the voters at the statewide election to be held on
November 2, 2010.
(Amends Const. Art. VII, Sec. 20(A)(6))