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| ENROLLED HOUSE |
| JOINT |
| RESOLUTION NO. 1001 |
| By: |
Claunch, Rice, Braddock, |
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Deutschendorf, Turner and |
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Perry of the House |
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and |
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Reynolds of the Senate |
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A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State to
refer to the people for their approval or rejection a proposed
amendment to Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of the
State of Oklahoma; setting forth exemption from ad valorem taxes
for storm shelters; providing ballot title; and directing
filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF
THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 48TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary
of State shall refer to the people for their approval or rejection,
as and in the manner provided by law, the following proposed
amendment to Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of the
State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
Section 6. (a)
A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(b) B of this section, all property used
for free public libraries, free museums, public cemeteries,
property used exclusively for nonprofit schools and colleges, and
all property used exclusively for religious and charitable
purposes, and all property of the United States except property for
which a federal agency obtains title through foreclosure, voluntary
or involuntary liquidation or bankruptcy unless the taxation of
such property is prohibited by federal law; all property of this
state, and of counties and of municipalities of this state;
household goods of the heads of families, tools, implements, and
livestock employed in the support of the family, not exceeding One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) in value, and all growing crops, shall be
exempt from taxation: Provided, that all property not herein
specified now exempt from taxation under the laws of the Territory
of Oklahoma, shall be exempt from taxation until otherwise provided
by law.
All property owned by the Murrow Indian
Orphan Home, located in Coal County, and all property owned by the
Whitaker Orphan Home, located in Mayes County, so long as the same
shall be used exclusively as free homes or schools for orphan
children, and for poor and indigent persons, and all fraternal
orphan homes, and other orphan homes, together with all their
charitable funds, shall be exempt from taxation, and such property
as may be exempt by reason of treaty stipulations, existing between
the Indians and the United States government, or by federal laws,
during the force and effect of such treaties or federal laws.
The Legislature may authorize any incorporated city or town, by a
majority vote of its electors voting thereon, to exempt
manufacturing establishments and public utilities from municipal
taxation, for a period not exceeding five (5) years, as an
inducement to their location.
Up to one hundred (100) square feet
of a storm shelter designed for protection and safety from
tornadoes or tornadic winds and installed or added to an
improvement to real property after January 1, 2002, shall be exempt
from taxation. A storm shelter shall include, but not be
limited to, a safe room built as part of and within an improvement
to real property. If title to property with an exempt storm
shelter is transferred, changed or conveyed to another person, such
storm shelter shall be assessed for that year based on the fair
cash value as set forth in Section 8 of this article.
(b) B. The
board of county commissioners of any county may call a special
election to determine whether or not household goods of the heads
of families and livestock employed in support of the family located
within the county shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation.
Such an election shall also be called by the board upon petition
signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the registered
voters of the county. Upon passage of the question, the
exemption provided for in this subsection shall become effective on
January 1 of the following year.
SECTION 2. The Ballot
Title for the proposed Constitutional amendment as set forth in
SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
| Legislative Referendum No. ____ |
State Question No. ____ |
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS: |
This measure amends the Oklahoma
Constitution. It amends Section 6 of Article 10. This
measure would exempt storm shelters from property tax. It
would exempt up to 100 square feet of a storm shelter from
tax. A storm shelter must be designed to provide protection
and safety from tornadoes. Storm shelters shall include safe
rooms built within a home. The exemption would apply to storm
shelters added after January 1, 2002. A transfer of real
property with an exempt storm shelter would result in the shelter
being subject to property tax. |
SHALL THIS AMENDMENT BE APPROVED BY THE PEOPLE? |
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SECTION 3. The Chief Clerk
of the House of Representatives, immediately after the passage of
this resolution, shall prepare and file one copy thereof, including
the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2 hereof, with the Secretary
of State and one copy with the Attorney General.
Passed the House of Representatives the
14th day of May, 2001.
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| Presiding Officer of the House of
Representatives |
Passed the Senate the 16th day of May,
2001.
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| Presiding Officer of the Senate |
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