Uthmeier Rewrites Property Tax Cut Ballot Summary

Florida AG submits revised ballot language on property tax relief

State officials used all 10 days a judge gave in his ruling to rewrite language that Florida voters would see on their November ballots on tax relief for homesteaded properties. By Aug. 13, Attorney General James Uthmeier submitted a more straightforward version of Amendment 3 to Secretary of State Cory Byrd. Language in the second […]

Uthmeier rewrites property tax cut ballot summary

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Thursday, Aug. 13, released a redraft of the ballot summary of Amendment 3, the large property tax cut measure pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Amendment 3: Homestead Exemption & Tax Cap

Florida voters will decide the fate of Amendment 3 this November, a legislatively referred amendment that would raise the homestead exemption for non-school property taxes from $50,000 to $150,000 in 2027, $250,000 in 2028, with the amount indexed to inflation thereafter; let local governments choose to raise that exemption even further on their own; lower the yearly assessment cap on other property, such as businesses and second homes, from 10%…

State rewrites ballot summary for Amendment 3

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. When voters go to the polls in November, they will encounter a rewritten ballot summary for the proposed property tax amendment that is more keeping with state la…