property tax amendment
21 Apr 2004Question: Is this really something that belongs in the constitution?
Elderly Tennesseans could get some property tax relief if voters decide to amend the state constitution in 2006.
A constitutional amendment proposed by Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, would freeze property tax amounts that people age 65 and older pay on their residences. It passed the Senate Finance Committee yesterday.
Last time I checked, legislature was able to pass these things called “laws”.
And if you’d actually read the whole article, you’d find out that these ‘lawmakers’ actually passed a ‘law’ about this in 1979 - except that law was ruled ‘unconstitutional’, so they’re trying to end-run it by ‘amending the constitution’, thus voiding that counter-argument at the source to prevent the ‘judges’ from ‘ruling’ against the legislation again. :P