Florida's 2012 proposed constitutional amendments
Published On: Oct 06 2012 10:18:14 PM EDT
Updated On: Oct 08 2012 01:18:15 PM EDT
These 11 proposed amendments to the Florida constitution will be on the General Election ballot. All were placed there by the Florida Legislature and need to be approved by 60 percent of voters to be added to the constitution.
Follow the links to read about each of them:
- Amendment 1 - Health care services
- Amendment 2 - Homestead property tax discount for veterans disabled due to combat injury
- Amendment 3 - State government revenue limitation
- Amendment 4 - Property tax limitations
- Amendment 5 - Modify state courts
- Amendment 6 - Prohibition on public funding of abortions; construction of abortion rights
- Amendment 8 - Religious freedom
- Amendment 9 - Homestead property tax exemption for surviving spouse of military veteran or first responder
- Amendment 10 - Tangible personal property tax exemption
- Amendment 11 - Additional homestead exemption; low-income seniors who maintain long-term residency on property; equal to assessed value
- Amendment 12 - Appointment of student body president to board of governors of State University System
(Amendment 7 was removed from ballot, but rewritten by Attorney General Pam Bondi and placed on the ballot as Amendment 8.)
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