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Shift all ad valorem taxes to other revenues thereby abolishing ad valorem property taxes.
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Reference:
Article VII, Section 9

Summary:
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Shift all ad valorem taxes to other revenues to be determined by the legislature, the responsibility of funding counties, school districts, municipalities, special districts, debts and bonds funded by ad valorem taxation is hereby transferred to the state from the property owners, the legislature shall appropriate other revenues to replace all ad valorem revenues. On the effective date of this amendment, all ad valorem taxation shall thereby be abolished.

Sponsor:
Florida Ballot Initiative
Post Office Box 7256
Jupiter, FL 33468-7256
  Contact: Richard Antolinez, Chairperson

Signatures:
Statewide total needed for judicial and financial impact review (signed by 25% of voters required by s. 3, Art. XI of the State Constitution in one-half of the congressional districts): 61,113 
Statewide total needed to make ballot position (signed by 8% of the voters in at least one-half of Florida's congressional districts and in the state as whole as of the last presidential election): 611,009 
Statewide total currently valid: 0*
Congressional district totals needed for judicial and economic reviews and ballot placement, with currently valid signatures: View by District by County
*Statewide and congressional district totals for ballot position are NOT OFFICAL until the Secretary of State determines the requisite signatures have been obtained and issues a certificate of ballot position. Once an initiative petition is certified for ballot position, total currently valid may exceed the official totals at time of certification. For status on ballot position, see Status Table below.
 
To find out the signature threshold required in each Congressional District for review and ballot position, the current number of verified signatures in each Congressional District by county, and how many Congressional Districts may have met or exceeded signature thresholds, click the link above titled "View by District by County".

Status: Withdrawn
Approval Date: 08/22/2007 
Undue Burden:  
Made Review:  
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Made Ballot:  
Ballot Number: 0  
Election Year: 2008 




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