<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><section number="Article XIII, Section 3"><effdate>1/1/2019</effdate><histories></histories><catchline>[Property tax exemptions.]</catchline><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)">
The following are exempt from property tax:
<subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(a)">
property owned by the State;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(b)">
property owned by a public library;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(c)">
property owned by a school district;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(d)">
property owned by a political subdivision of the State, other than a school district, and located within the political subdivision;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(e)">
property owned by a political subdivision of the State, other than a school district, and located outside the political subdivision unless the Legislature by statute authorizes the property tax on that property;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(f)">
property owned by a nonprofit entity used exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational purposes;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(g)">
places of burial not held or used for private or corporate benefit;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(h)">
farm equipment and farm machinery as defined by statute;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(i)">
water rights, reservoirs, pumping plants, ditches, canals, pipes, flumes, power plants, and transmission lines to the extent owned and used by an individual or corporation to irrigate land that is:<subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(i)(i)">
within the State; and</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(i)(ii)">
owned by the individual or corporation, or by an individual member of the corporation; and</subsection></subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(j)"><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(j)(i)">
if owned by a nonprofit entity and used within the State to irrigate land, provide domestic water, as defined by statute, or provide water to a public water supplier:
<subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(j)(i)(A)">
water rights; and</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(j)(i)(B)">
reservoirs, pumping plants, ditches, canals, pipes, flumes, and, as defined by statute, other water infrastructure;</subsection></subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(j)(ii)">
land occupied by a reservoir, ditch, canal, or pipe that is exempt under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(j)(i)(B)" start="0">(1)(j)(i)(B)</xref> if the land is owned by the nonprofit entity that owns the reservoir, ditch, canal, or pipe; and</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(j)(iii)">
land immediately adjacent to a reservoir, ditch, canal, or pipe that is exempt under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(j)(i)(B)" start="0">(1)(j)(i)(B)</xref> if the land is:
<subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(j)(iii)(A)">
owned by the nonprofit entity that owns the adjacent reservoir, ditch, canal, or pipe; and</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(1)(j)(iii)(B)">
reasonably necessary for the maintenance or for otherwise supporting the operation of the reservoir, ditch, canal, or pipe.</subsection></subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(2)"><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(2)(a)">
The Legislature may by statute exempt the following from property tax:<subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(2)(a)(i)">
tangible personal property constituting inventory present in the State on January 1 and held for sale in the ordinary course of business;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(2)(a)(ii)">
tangible personal property present in the State on January 1 and held for sale or processing and shipped to a final destination outside the State within 12 months;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(2)(a)(iii)">
subject to Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="Article XIII, Section 3(2)(b)" start="0">(2)(b)</xref>, property to the extent used to generate and deliver electrical power for pumping water to irrigate lands in the State;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(2)(a)(iv)">
up to 45% of the fair market value of residential property, as defined by statute;</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(2)(a)(v)">
household furnishings, furniture, and equipment used exclusively by the owner of that property in maintaining the owner's home; and</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(2)(a)(vi)">
tangible personal property that, if subject to property tax, would generate an inconsequential amount of revenue.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(2)(b)">
The exemption under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="Article XIII, Section 3(2)(a)(iii)" start="0">(2)(a)(iii)</xref> shall accrue to the benefit of the users of pumped water as provided by statute.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(3)">
The following may be exempted from property tax as provided by statute:
<subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(3)(a)">
property owned by a disabled person who, during military training or a military conflict, was disabled in the line of duty in the military service of the United States or the State; </subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(3)(b)">
property owned by the unmarried surviving spouse or the minor orphan of a person who:<subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(3)(b)(i)">
is described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="Article XIII, Section 3(3)(a)" start="0">(3)(a)</xref>; or</subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(3)(b)(ii)">
during military training or a military conflict, was killed in action or died in the line of duty in the military service of the United States or the State; and</subsection></subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(3)(c)">
real property owned by a person in the military or the person's spouse, or both, and used as the person's primary residence, if the person serves under an order to federal active duty out of state for at least 200 days in a continuous 365-day period.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="Article XIII, Section 3(4)">
The Legislature may by statute provide for the remission or abatement of the taxes of the poor.</subsection></section>
