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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE JOINT
58	58	RESOLUTION 33 By: Stanley
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	A Joint Resolution directing the Se cretary of State
66	66	to refer to the peopl e for their approval or
67	67	rejection a proposed amendmen t to Sections 8D through
68	68	8F of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution;
69	69	clarifying language; providing ballot title;
70	70	directing filing; and ordering a special election .
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75	75	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SEN ATE AND THE HOUSE OF RE PRESENTATIVES OF THE
76	76	2ND SESSION OF THE 58TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
77	77	SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
78	78	their approval or rejection, as and in the mann er provided by law,
79	79	the following proposed amendment to Sections 8D through 8F of
80	80	Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:
81	81	Section 8D. A. Despite any provision to the contrary,
82	82	beginning January 1, 2009, each head of household veteran who has
83	83	been honorably discharg ed from active service in any branch of the
84	84	Armed Forces of the United States or Oklahoma National Guard and who
85	85	has been certified by the United States Department of Veterans
86	86	Affairs or its successor to have a one -hundred-percent (100%)
87	87	permanent disability sustained through military action or accident
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139	139	or resulting from disease contracted while in such active service or
140	140	the surviving spouse of such head of household veteran shall be
141	141	entitled to claim an exemption for the full amount of all household
142	142	personal property which is subject to ad valor em taxation and which
143	143	is not subject to any form of taxation in lieu of ad valorem
144	144	taxation.
145	145	B. In order to be eligible for the exemption authorized by this
146	146	section, the individual shall be required to prove residen cy within
147	147	the State of Oklahoma.
148	148	C. The Legislature shall be authorized to enact such laws as
149	149	may be necessary in order to implement the exemption provided by
150	150	this section; however, the exemption amount shall not be subject to
151	151	modification by such enactme nts and shall be for the full amount of
152	152	the valuation of any household personal property as otherwise
153	153	prescribed by this section.
154	154	Section 8E. A. Despite any provision to the contrary,
155	155	beginning January 1, 2006, e ach head of household veteran who has
156	156	been honorably discharged from active servic e in any branch of t he
157	157	Armed Forces of the Uni ted States or Oklahoma National Guard and who
158	158	has been certified by the United States Department of Veterans
159	159	Affairs or its successor to have a one hundred percent (100%)
160	160	permanent disability sustained through military action or a ccident
161	161	or resulting from disease contracted while in such active service or
162	162	the surviving spouse of such head of household veteran shall be
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214	214	entitled to claim an exemption for the full amount of the fair cash
215	215	value of the homestead.
216	216	B. In order to be eligible for the exemption authorized by this
217	217	section, the individual shall be required to prove residency within
218	218	the State of Oklahoma and must have previous ly qualified for the
219	219	homestead exemption authorize d by law or be eligible for the
220	220	homestead exemption pursuant to law.
221	221	C. If a homestead otherwise eligible for the exemption
222	222	authorized by this section is transferred on or after January 1 of a
223	223	calendar year, another homestead property acquired by the qual ifying
224	224	head of household veteran or by the surviving spouse of such
225	225	qualifying head of household veteran shall be exempt to the same
226	226	extent as the homestead property previously owned by such person or
227	227	persons for the year during which the new homestead is acquired and,
228	228	subject to the requirements of this se ction, for each year
229	229	thereafter.
230	230	Section 8F. A. Despite any provision to the contrary, and
231	231	except as otherwise provided by subsection D of this section,
232	232	beginning January 1, 2015, the surviving spouse o f the head of
233	233	household a servicemember who is determined by the United States
234	234	Department of Defense or any branch of the United States military to
235	235	have died while in the line of duty shall be entitled to claim an
236	236	exemption for the full amount of the fair cash value of the
237	237	homestead until such surviving spouse remarries.
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289	289	B. In order to be eligible for the exemption authorized by this
290	290	section, the surviving spouse sh all be required to prove residency
291	291	within the State of Oklahoma and must have previously qua lified for
292	292	the homestead exempti on authorized by law or be eligible for the
293	293	homestead exemption pursuant to law.
294	294	C. If a homestead otherwise eligible for the exemp tion
295	295	authorized by this section is transferred on or after January 1 of a
296	296	calendar year, another homestead property acquired by the surviving
297	297	spouse shall be exempt to the same extent as the homestead property
298	298	previously owned by such person for the year d uring which the new
299	299	homestead is acquired and, subject to the requirements of this
300	300	section, for each year thereafter.
301	301	D. The provisions of this section shall be applicable for the
302	302	2014 calendar year with respect to an existing homestead property
303	303	owned by the surviving spouse of a person previously determined to
304	304	have died while in the line of dut y by the United States Departmen t
305	305	of Defense or applicable branch of the United States military.
306	306	SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
307	307	amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
308	308	the following form:
309	309	BALLOT TITLE
310	310	Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
311	311	THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
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363	363	This measure amends Sections 8D through 8F of Article 10 of the
364	364	Oklahoma Constitution . It updates and modernizes the language
365	365	for the household property exemption for disabled veterans and
366	366	surviving spouses, the homestead exemption for disabled veterans
367	367	and surviving spouses, and the homestead exemption for surviving
368	368	spouses of veterans who have died in the line of duty by
369	369	replacing the words “head of household” with the words “veteran”
370	370	and “servicemember”.
371	371	SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED ?
372	372	FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
373	373	AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
374	374	SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
375	375	immediately after the passage of th is resolution, prepa re and file
376	376	one copy thereof, including the Ba llot Title set forth in SECTION 2
377	377	hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
378	378	General.
379	379	SECTION 4. A special election is hereby ordered to be held
380	380	throughout the State of Oklahoma on the date of June 28, 2022, at
381	381	which time the proposed amendment s to the Oklahoma Constitution, as
382	382	set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution, shall be submitted to the
383	383	people of Oklahoma for th eir approval or rejection as and in the
384	384	manner provided by law.
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