Texas House Joint Resolution 97 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-12 - Referred to Ways & Means
Pending: House Ways & Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by a school district a portion of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead in an amount equal to the lesser of 50 percent of the appraised value of the residence homestead after all other applicable exemptions for which the individual has qualified the homestead are applied or 150 percent of the median appraised value of all single-family residences in the state and authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions of this state inventory held for sale at retail.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by a school district a portion of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead in an amount equal to the lesser of 50 percent of the appraised value of the residence homestead after all other applicable exemptions for which the individual has qualified the homestead are applied or 150 percent of the median appraised value of all single-family residences in the state and authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions of this state inventory held for sale at retail.

Sen. Drew Springer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-12	House	Referred to Ways & Means
2019-03-12	House	Read first time
2019-03-01	House	Filed

HB2915 (Enabled by) 2019-03-12 - Referred to Ways & Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HJR97
Text	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HJ00097I.htm