Louisiana Property Tax Amendment, Question 2 (2004)

Louisiana Amendment 2, also known as the Homestead Exemption from Property Taxes Act, was on the November 2, 2004 election ballot in Louisiana as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.

Election results

Amendment 2, General
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		1,129,186	78%
No		317,770	22%

Text of measure

The language that appeared on the ballot:

Proposing to amend Section 20(A) of Article VII of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the homestead exemption from ad valorem property taxes; to provide persons eligible for the homestead exemption and for the valuation of land which is the homestead; to provide for the homestead exemption for homesteads owned in indivision and for fields in which there is timber; to provide for the application of the exemption to the surviving spouse, testamentary or irrevocable trusts, usufructuaries, and to property occupied by a buyer under a bond for deed contract under certain conditions; to prohibit more than one exemption for any person; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.

See also

• Louisiana 2004 ballot measures
• List of Louisiana ballot measures
• 2004 ballot measures

Suggest a link

External links

• 2004 Louisiana ballot measures voter guide
• 2004 Louisiana ballot measures election results
• 2004 Louisiana ballot measures details

References

• 2004 Louisiana Constitutional Amendments