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

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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

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