In yesterday’s election, a proposal to increase the homestead exemption for disabled veterans appeared on ballots in 42 parishes and passed with overwhelming support in each.
Louisiana homeowners are exempt from paying property taxes on the first $75,000 of the assessed value of an owner-occupied home. In yesterday’s election, voters approved to double the exemption to the first $150,000 of a qualifying veteran’s home. The proposition only applies to veterans who have been rated 100 percent disabled by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The disability has to be service connected, but not necessarily incurred as a result of combat.
Louisiana voters approved the constitutional amendment in November 2010, and it then had to be approved by each individual parish.
The parishes which approved the measure yesterday are:
1. Acadia Parish
2. Ascension Parish
3. Assumption Parish
4. Avoyelles Parish
5. Bienville Parish
6. Bossier Parish
7. Caddo Parish
8. Calcasieu Parish
9. Caldwell Parish
10. Cameron Parish
11. Concordia Parish
12. DeSoto Parish
13. East Baton Rouge Parish
14. East Feliciana Parish
15. Franklin Parish
16. Grant Parish
17. Iberia Parish
18. Jefferson Davis Parish
19. Lafayette Parish
20. Lafourche Parish
21. LaSalle Parish
22. Livingston Parish
23. Morehouse Parish
24. Nachitoches Parish
25. Ouachita Parish
26. Plaquemines Parish
27. Pointe Coupee Parish
28. Rapides Parish
29. Richland Parish
30. St. Bernard Parish
31. St. Helena Parish
32. St. John the Baptist Parish
33. St. Landry Parish
34. St. Mary Parish
35. St. Tammany Parish
36. Tangipahoa Parish
37. Terrebonne Parish
38. Union Parish
39. Vermillion Parish
40. Washington Parish
41. Webster Parish
42. West Baton Rouge Parish
St. Charles Parish residents previously approved the measure for their parish in April 2011.
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Dear Mr. Bourgeois,
I was trying to see if there was an amendment in place to allow for Disabled Veterans who are 70% disabled with 30% unemployability apply for Homestead Exemption and receive the same exemption from paying property taxes as the ones who are 100%. I can’t believe that we who are 70% were excluded from this exemption…
My property taxes right now are $1500/yr.when they could be $600/yr if we were included in the bill that was passed…
I can’t work due to multiple health problems. I have Ischaemic Heart Disease, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, high cholesterol etc..and was exposed to agent orange in Vietnam….
If your not able to assist me, would you be able to tell me what Senator or Represenative could I contact to assist me in my plight?
Thanks so much,
Sincerely,
Thomas Douzat
225-303-1391