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2018 Regular Session

House Bill 1026

Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for certain persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 21, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-33-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER CLAIMING A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ALLOWED FOR A PERSON WHO IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR TOTALLY DISABLED SHALL BE ALLOWED AN ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION FROM ALL AD VALOREM TAXES ON AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY ON JANUARY 1, 2018, OR JANUARY 1 OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR WHICH THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER CLAIMS AN EXEMPTION ON THE PROPERTY, AND ANY INCREASE IN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY RESULTING FROM AN UPDATE IN VALUATION OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETED DURING THE TIME THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER OWNS THE PROPERTY; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A SUBSEQUENT UPDATE IN VALUATION OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETED DURING THE TIME THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER OWNS THE PROPERTY RESULTS IN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY BEING LESS THAN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY ON JANUARY 1, 2018, OR JANUARY 1 OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR WHICH THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER CLAIMS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR THE PROPERTY, THEN THE EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE ON AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCH LOWER ASSESSED VALUE AND ANY INCREASE IN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY RESULTING FROM A SUBSEQUENT UPDATE IN VALUATION OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETED DURING THE TIME THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER OWNS THE PROPERTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 12 to February 21, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 12 to Feb 21 · stopped40 days

Ways and MeansJan 12 to Feb 21 · stopped40 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 12 – Feb 21

  1. Jan 12Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Feb 21Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 21Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives