Leon County Circuit Court Judge David Frank entered an order late Monday, August 3, 2026, on the ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment on property taxes, also known as Amendment 3. 

• The Court declares that the title and summary of the present ballot statement are clearly and conclusively defective.
  
  
• The Judge wrote: In summary, voters are entitled to a fair, clear, accurate and non-misleading ballot statement to assist them in making their critical determination. The present ballot language would deprive the voters of the opportunity to make a meaningful decision.
  
  
• The Attorney General shall, within 10 days, prepare and submit to the Department of State a revised ballot title or ballot summary that corrects the deficiencies identified by the Court in this order.

Read Court Order: 

In the courts review:

The summary states that the amendment is “Ensuring funding for core services” because it “requires local governments to use remaining property taxes solely for core public needs.” Yet the proposed amendment does not “ensure” funding for police, fire protection, schools, infrastructure, or any other “core” public service, nor does it create any new restrictions on how property tax revenues may be expended. In fact, by substantially reducing the local property tax base, the proposed amendment is likely to decrease the revenues available to local governments to fund core services. The amendment cannot fairly or accurately be described as “ensuring funding.”

Read more about the proposed amendment here: Proposed Property Tax Reform