Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 253
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: None (noncode).
Synopsis: Constitutional amendment ballot language. Specifies the
ballot language for the submission of the proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Indiana concerning circuit breakers and
other property tax matters.
Effective: Upon passage.
January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)
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SENATE BILL No. 253
A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning taxation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: ; (10)IN0253.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]
(a) If the
amendment to Article 10, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State
of Indiana agreed to by the One Hundred Fifteenth General
Assembly (P.L.147-2008) is agreed to by the One Hundred
Sixteenth General Assembly, the amendment shall be submitted to
the electors of the state at the 2010 general election in the manner
provided for the submission of constitutional amendments under
IC 3.
(b) Under Article 16, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State
of Indiana, which requires the general assembly to submit
constitutional amendments to the electors at the next general
election after the general assembly agrees to the amendment
referred to it by the last previously elected general assembly, and
in accordance with IC 3-10-3, the general assembly prescribes the
form in which the public question concerning the ratification of
this state constitutional amendment must appear on the 2010
general election ballot as follows:
"PUBLIC QUESTION
Shall Article 10, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of
Indiana be amended to:
(1) limit a taxpayer's property tax liability to 1% of the gross
assessed value of homestead property, 2% of the gross
assessed value of other residential property, 2% of the gross
assessed value of agricultural land, 3% of the gross assessed
value of other real property, and 3% of the gross assessed
value of personal property, excluding any property taxes
imposed after being approved by the voters in a referendum
and excluding property taxes imposed before 2020 in Lake
County or St. Joseph County to pay bonds or leases issued or
entered into before July 1, 2008;
(2) permit the General Assembly to exempt a mobile home
used as a homestead to the same extent as real property; and
(3) specify that a property tax exemption may be granted in
the form of a deduction or credit, and that the General
Assembly may impose reasonable filing requirements to
obtain an exemption, deduction, or credit?".
(c) This SECTION expires July 1, 2011.