Florida Homestead Exemptions Indexed (2008)
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The measure's official ballot title is:
Homestead Exceptions shall be indexed, removed from Flood V Zones and Save our Homes repealed.
The measure's official ballot summary is:
Beginning in 2007, or the year after the property tax exemption was enacted, homestead shall be indexed. "Save our Homes" assessment cap shall be phased out over 10 years. Residual "SOH" cap shall be fully portable only during phase out period. Flood V Zones property shall not be available for property tax homestead exemptions. Properties in Flood A Zones shall have annual exemption increases limited by 1/2 index.
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Support
This initative is sponsored by the Hurricane Insurance Creation PAC. Supporters of the measure argue that the "Save Our Homes" amendment passed in 1992 fuels high volatility in home prices and forces non-coastal residents of Florida to subsidize oceanfront living.
"Save Our Homes" limits the annual increase in the assessments of homestead property to 3%, or the increase in inflation, whichever is less. But as critics of "Save Our Homes" point out, it is not a tax limit, but a tax shift. Since it does not control millage rates, the effect has been a shifting of the tax burden to property not subject to the limit: businesses, renters, and second homeowners.
Thay also argue that since the limit is on the percentage increase of assessments, high-priced homes with escalating values profit the most. And those who want to move to another house can face huge tax increases, because the new home will initially be assessed at full value.[2]
Opposition
None found.
Status
The initiative has been approved for circulation by the Florida Secretary of State. To be placed on the November 2008 ballot, 611,009 valid signatures must be submitted by January 25, 2008. In Florida, signatures are only valid for up to four years, however, the initiative can be circulated indefinitely.
See also
- Petition drive deadlines in 2008
- Florida signature requirements
- Florida Initiative and Referendum Law
- Florida 2008 ballot measures
- Campaign finance requirements for Florida ballot measures
Other measures sponsored by Hurricane Insurance Creation:
- Florida Citizens Insurance shall be re-formed as a mutual ownership private company (2008)
- Florida Hurricane Insurance as a Local Taxing Authority (2008)
- Florida's Local Budget Approval Initiative (2008)
