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QUESTION: May the Legislature, through the customary procedures for the passage of bills into statutes, pass and cause to be effective a law allowing for a cost-of-living increase in the homestead exemption for the elderly (those who qualify for the second $5,000 exemption for homestead)?

SUMMARY: The Legislature does not have the power to define the $10,000 limitation on the homestead exemption for the elderly in s. 6, Art. VII, State Const., in such a way that would tie it to cost-of-living increases. Although this question is ultimately for the judiciary to resolve, my opinion is that your…