| 1 | Representative(s) Vana, Ausley, Bendross-Mindingall, Boyd, |
| 2 | Brandenburg, Brisé, Bucher, Bullard, Chestnut, Cusack, Fields, |
| 3 | Fitzgerald, L. Garcia, Gelber, Gibbons, A. Gibson, Heller, |
| 4 | Holloway, Jenne, Kiar, Kriseman, Long, Machek, Meadows, |
| 5 | Peterman, Porth, Randolph, Reed, Richardson, Roberson, Sachs, |
| 6 | Sands, Saunders, Schwartz, Scionti, Seiler, Skidmore, Soto, |
| 7 | Taylor, Thompson, Thurston, and Waldman offered the following: |
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| 9 | Amendment (with ballot statement and title amendments) |
| 10 | Between lines 301 and 302, insert: |
| 11 | (d) The legislature shall appropriate sufficient state |
| 12 | revenues each year necessary to replace the loss of tax revenues |
| 13 | for public education due to the additional homestead exemptions, |
| 14 | tangible personal property exemptions, and reductions in |
| 15 | assessments for affordable housing and working waterfronts |
| 16 | provided by the 2008 amendments to this constitution. The |
| 17 | legislature may not reduce any other education appropriations in |
| 18 | fulfillment of this requirement. |
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| 20 | == B A L L O T S T A T E M E N T A M E N D M E N T == |
| 21 | Remove line(s) 363 and insert: |
| 22 | taxes; to require the Legislature to appropriate sufficient |
| 23 | state revenues to fund the ad valorem tax revenue losses for |
| 24 | public education from increased homestead exemptions, tangible |
| 25 | personal property exemptions, and reductions in assessments for |
| 26 | affordable housing and commercial fishing, commercial water- |
| 27 | dependent activities, and public-access property and prohibit |
| 28 | reductions in education appropriations in fulfillment of the |
| 29 | appropriation requirement; to authorize an exemption from ad |
| 30 | valorem taxes of no |
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| 32 | ======= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======= |
| 33 | Between lines 12 and 13, insert: |
| 34 | require the Legislature to appropriate state revenues to replace |
| 35 | public education ad valorem tax revenue losses and prohibit |
| 36 | education appropriation reductions, |