Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to the Arkansas
                                                  Constitution.
 1   State of Arkansas
 2   94th General Assembly
 3   Regular Session, 2023                                                                       HJR 1012
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 5   By: Representative R. Scott Richardson
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 7                                HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
 8                  AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION PROVIDING
 9                  THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY ENACT LAWS EXEMPTING
10                  PROPERTY FROM TAXATION.
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14                           AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION
15                           PROVIDING THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY
16                           ENACT LAWS EXEMPTING PROPERTY FROM
17                           TAXATION.
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20   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
21   ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND BY THE SENATE, A MAJORITY OF ALL
22   MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE AGREEING THERETO:
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24          THAT the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of
25   the State of Arkansas, and upon being submitted to the electors of the state
26   for approval or rejection at the next general election for Representatives
27   and Senators, if a majority of the electors voting thereon at the election
28   adopt the amendment, the amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of
29   the State of Arkansas, to wit:
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31          SECTION 1.       Arkansas Constitution, Article 16, § 6, is amended to read
32   as follows:
33          6. Other tax exemptions forbidden Tax exemptions.
34          All laws exempting property from taxation, other than as provided in
35   this Constitution shall be void In addition to property exempt from taxation
36   under this Constitution, the General Assembly may enact laws exempting
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 1   property from taxation.
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 3        SECTION 2.     EFFECTIVE DATE.   This amendment is effective on and after
 4   January 1, 2025.
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 6        SECTION 3.     BALLOT TITLE AND POPULAR NAME.    When this proposed
 7   amendment is submitted to the electors of this state on the general election
 8   ballot:
 9                (1)   The title of this Joint Resolution shall be the ballot
10   title; and
11                (2)   The popular name shall be "A Constitutional Amendment
12   Providing that the General Assembly May Enact Laws Exempting Property from
13   Taxation."
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