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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE JOINT
33	33	RESOLUTION 1009 By: Provenzano
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
41	41	to refer to the people for their approval or
42	42	rejection a proposed amen dment to Section 8E of
43	43	Article X of the Constitution of the State of
44	44	Oklahoma; modifying exemption to allow certain
45	45	veterans with a certain disability rating to qualify
46	46	for the exemption on the amount of the fair cash
47	47	value of the homestead; providing ballot title; and
48	48	directing filing.
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54	54	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
55	55	1ST SESSION OF THE 60TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
56	56	SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
57	57	their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
58	58	the following proposed amendment to Section 8 E of Article X of the
59	59	Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
60	60	SECTION X-8E
61	61	A. Despite any provision to the contrary, beginning January 1,
62	62	2006 2026, each head of household who has been honorably discharged
63	63	from active service in an y branch of the Armed Forces of the United
64	64	States or Oklahoma National Guard and who has been certified by the
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91	91	United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its suc cessor to
92	92	have a one hundred percent (100%) permanent disability sustained
93	93	through military action or accident or resulting from disease
94	94	contracted while in such active service or the surviving spouse of
95	95	such head of household shall be entitled to claim an exemption for
96	96	the full amount of the fair cash value of the homestead . as follows:
97	97	1. A twenty-five-percent exemption on the amount of the fair
98	98	cash value of the homestead when the head of household has a
99	99	disability rating at or between ten percent (10%) and twenty-nine
100	100	percent (29%);
101	101	2. A fifty-percent exemption on the amount of the fair cash
102	102	value of the homestead when the head of household has a disability
103	103	rating at or between thirty percent (30%) and forty -nine percent
104	104	(49%);
105	105	3. A seventy-five-percent exemption on the amount of the fair
106	106	cash value of the homestead when the head of househ old has a
107	107	disability rating at or between fifty percent (50%) and sixty -nine
108	108	percent (69%); and
109	109	4. A one-hundred-percent exemption on the amount of the fair
110	110	cash value of the homestead when the head of household has a
111	111	disability rating at or between seventy percent (70%) and one
112	112	hundred percent (100%).
113	113	B. In order to be eligible for the exemption authorized by this
114	114	section, the individual shall be required to prove r esidency within
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141	141	the State of Oklahoma and must have previously qualified for the
142	142	homestead exemption authorized by law or be eligible for the
143	143	homestead exemption pursuant to law.
144	144	C. If a homestead otherwise eligible for the exemption
145	145	authorized by this se ction is transferred on or after January 1 of a
146	146	calendar year, another homestead property acquired by the qualifying
147	147	head of household or by the surviving spouse of such qualifying head
148	148	of household shall be exempt to the same extent as the homestead
149	149	property previously owned by such person or persons for the year
150	150	during which the new homestead is acquired and, subject to the
151	151	requirements of this section, for each year thereafter.
152	152	SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
153	153	amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
154	154	the following form:
155	155	BALLOT TITLE
156	156	Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
157	157	THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
158	158	This measure amends Section 8 E of Article 10 of the Oklahoma
159	159	Constitution. This measure would allow for veterans who have a
160	160	disability rating rang ing from ten percent (10%) to one hundred
161	161	percent (100%) to be eligible for the exemption on the amount of
162	162	the fair cash value of the homestead for purposes of ad valorem
163	163	taxation. The amount of the fair cash value of the homestead
164	164	that is exempted from ad valorem taxation is dependent on the
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191	191	disabled veteran's disability rating. This measure allows for
192	192	disabled veterans who do not have a one -hundred-percent
193	193	disability rating to potentially qualify for the exemption of the
194	194	fair cash value of the homestead for purposes of ad valorem
195	195	taxation.
196	196	SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
197	197	FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
198	198	AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
199	199	SECTION 3. The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives,
200	200	immediately after the passage of this resolution, shall prepare and
201	201	file one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in
202	202	SECTION 2 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with th e
203	203	Attorney General.
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