Kentucky House Bill 59 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-03 - to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Pending: House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Propose an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky increasing the homestead exemption from the current inflation-adjusted amount of $36,900 to the full assessed value of the property for totally and permanently disabled veterans who are rated unemployable or 100% disabled by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs due to a service-connected disability; add the continued biennial inflation indexing of the homestead exemption amount; make various typographical changes of a nonsubstantive nature; state ballot question; submit to voters.

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.

Rep. James Kay [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-03	House	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2017-01-03	House	introduced in House
2016-12-09	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB59.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB59/bill.pdf