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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1009 By: Provenzano
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amen dment to Section 8E of
Article X of the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma; modifying exemption to allow certain
veterans with a certain disability rating to qualify
for the exemption on the amount of the fair cash
value of the homestead; providing ballot title; and
directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 60TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Section 8 E of Article X of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
SECTION X-8E
A. Despite any provision to the contrary, beginning January 1,
2006 2026, each head of household who has been honorably discharged
from active service in an y branch of the Armed Forces of the United
States or Oklahoma National Guard and who has been certified by the
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its suc cessor to
have a one hundred percent (100%) permanent disability sustained
through military action or accident or resulting from disease
contracted while in such active service or the surviving spouse of
such head of household shall be entitled to claim an exemption for
the full amount of the fair cash value of the homestead . as follows:
1. A twenty-five-percent exemption on the amount of the fair
cash value of the homestead when the head of household has a
disability rating at or between ten percent (10%) and twenty-nine
percent (29%);
2. A fifty-percent exemption on the amount of the fair cash
value of the homestead when the head of household has a disability
rating at or between thirty percent (30%) and forty -nine percent
(49%);
3. A seventy-five-percent exemption on the amount of the fair
cash value of the homestead when the head of househ old has a
disability rating at or between fifty percent (50%) and sixty -nine
percent (69%); and
4. A one-hundred-percent exemption on the amount of the fair
cash value of the homestead when the head of household has a
disability rating at or between seventy percent (70%) and one
hundred percent (100%).
B. In order to be eligible for the exemption authorized by this
section, the individual shall be required to prove r esidency within
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the State of Oklahoma and must have previously qualified for the
homestead exemption authorized by law or be eligible for the
homestead exemption pursuant to law.
C. If a homestead otherwise eligible for the exemption
authorized by this se ction is transferred on or after January 1 of a
calendar year, another homestead property acquired by the qualifying
head of household or by the surviving spouse of such qualifying head
of household shall be exempt to the same extent as the homestead
property previously owned by such person or persons for the year
during which the new homestead is acquired and, subject to the
requirements of this section, for each year thereafter.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends Section 8 E of Article 10 of the Oklahoma
Constitution. This measure would allow for veterans who have a
disability rating rang ing from ten percent (10%) to one hundred
percent (100%) to be eligible for the exemption on the amount of
the fair cash value of the homestead for purposes of ad valorem
taxation. The amount of the fair cash value of the homestead
that is exempted from ad valorem taxation is dependent on the
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disabled veteran's disability rating. This measure allows for
disabled veterans who do not have a one -hundred-percent
disability rating to potentially qualify for the exemption of the
fair cash value of the homestead for purposes of ad valorem
taxation.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, shall prepare and
file one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in
SECTION 2 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with th e
Attorney General.
60-1-11245 AO 01/07/25