Louisiana Tax Exemption for Medical Equipment Act, Amendment 3 (2006)

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* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

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Louisiana Amendment 3 (General), also known as the Tax Exemption for Medical Equipment Act, was on the November 7, 2006, election ballot in Louisiana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. It proposed to exempt medical equipment leased to nonprofit hospitals from ad valorem taxes.[1][2]

## Election results[edit]

Amendment 3, General

Result| Votes| Percentage
a Yes|  498,836|  59%
No| 339,911| 41%

Election results via: Louisiana Secretary of State

## Text of measure[edit]

The question on the ballot:

To exempt from ad valorem property tax medical equipment leased for a term exceeding five years to a nonprofit corporation or association which owns or operates a small, rural hospital and if the equipment is used solely for health care purposes at the hospital; to provide that "small, rural hospital" shall mean a hospital which meets all of the following criteria:

* It has less than fifty Medicare-licensed acute care beds.
* It is located in a municipality with a population of less than ten thousand which has been classified as an area with a shortage of health manpower by the United States Health Service.

(Article VII, Section 21(B)(1)(a))[3]

## See also[edit]

* Louisiana 2006 ballot measures
* List of Louisiana ballot measures
* 2006 ballot measures
* Louisiana State Senate
* Louisiana House of Representatives

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## External links[edit]

* Louisiana Secretary of State
* 2006 Louisiana ballot measure details

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," September 30, 2006
2. ↑ Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, "Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2015," accessed November 3, 2015
3. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ON THE 11/7/06 BALLOT," accessed November 16, 2015

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