In the November 4, 2014, election, Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved amendment seven which increased the homestead exemption for veterans with a 100 percent unemployability rating. The amendment passed with 74 percent of the vote.
Louisiana homeowners are exempt from paying property taxes on the first $75,000 of the assessed value of an owner-occupied home. Since 2010, veterans rated with 100 percent “service-connected disability” have received a homestead exemption of $150,000. This created situations where disabled veterans with an 80 percent “service-connected disability” rating, but a 100 percent “unemployability” rating did not receive the tax exemption.
The new amendment allows parishes to grant 100 percent unemployable veterans the additional homestead exemption without the need for a parish-wide election to approve it. The disability still has to be service connected, but not necessarily incurred as a result of combat.
The amendment had a large majority of votes in every Louisiana parish:
|
Parish |
YES |
NO |
|---|---|---|
|
Acadia |
13944 |
5361 |
|
Allen |
4861 |
1878 |
|
Ascension |
25930 |
10286 |
|
Assumption |
5235 |
1622 |
|
Avoyelles |
7858 |
3746 |
|
Beauregard |
7729 |
2234 |
|
Bienville |
3679 |
1172 |
|
Bossier |
24536 |
6490 |
|
Caddo |
54272 |
15472 |
|
Calcasieu |
46447 |
11593 |
|
Caldwell |
2629 |
1041 |
|
Cameron |
1996 |
457 |
|
Catahoula |
2364 |
953 |
|
Claiborne |
3465 |
921 |
|
Concordia |
4060 |
1552 |
|
De Soto |
6845 |
2037 |
|
East Baton Rouge |
91343 |
45369 |
|
East Carroll |
1561 |
796 |
|
East Feliciana |
4982 |
2281 |
|
Evangeline |
7038 |
3078 |
|
Franklin |
4099 |
1914 |
|
Grant |
4391 |
1511 |
|
Iberia |
15568 |
4863 |
|
Iberville |
8209 |
3391 |
|
Jackson |
4170 |
1422 |
|
Jefferson |
87157 |
25559 |
|
Jefferson Davis |
7584 |
2450 |
|
Lafayette |
51450 |
15423 |
|
Lafourche |
20099 |
6314 |
|
Lasalle |
3888 |
837 |
|
Lincoln |
9648 |
3193 |
|
Livingston |
28284 |
9597 |
|
Madison |
2116 |
846 |
|
Morehouse |
5777 |
2119 |
|
Natchitoches |
8350 |
2959 |
|
Orleans |
75781 |
24495 |
|
Ouachita |
31976 |
12267 |
|
Plaquemines |
6066 |
1689 |
|
Pointe Coupee |
5601 |
2596 |
|
Rapides |
30077 |
11073 |
|
Red River |
1950 |
616 |
|
Richland |
4627 |
1796 |
|
Sabine |
4569 |
1820 |
|
St. Bernard |
7554 |
3065 |
|
St. Charles |
13930 |
3687 |
|
St. Helena |
2842 |
1164 |
|
St. James |
6121 |
2425 |
|
St. John The Baptist |
10374 |
3110 |
|
St. Landry |
19908 |
7576 |
|
St. Martin |
12084 |
3872 |
|
St. Mary |
11014 |
3732 |
|
St. Tammany |
60032 |
18893 |
|
Tangipahoa |
24306 |
9437 |
|
Tensas |
1216 |
432 |
|
Terrebonne |
21252 |
6309 |
|
Union |
5381 |
2063 |
|
Vermilion |
12896 |
3959 |
|
Vernon |
7779 |
2951 |
|
Washington |
9436 |
3281 |
|
Webster |
9302 |
3043 |
|
West Baton Rouge |
6431 |
2447 |
|
West Carroll |
2261 |
678 |
|
West Feliciana |
2990 |
1339 |
|
Winn |
3060 |
1173 |
