Bill Text: TX HB1601 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain peace officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-19 - Left pending in committee [HB1601 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1601-Introduced.html

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87R2121 SMT-D
By: Allison H.B. No. 1601

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of all
or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of
certain peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.13(i), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(i) The assessor and collector for a taxing unit may
disregard the exemptions authorized by Subsection (b), (c), (d),
[or] (n), or (s) [of this section] and assess and collect a tax
pledged for payment of debt without deducting the amount of the
exemption if:
(1) prior to adoption of the exemption, the taxing
unit pledged the taxes for the payment of a debt; and
(2) granting the exemption would impair the obligation
of the contract creating the debt.
SECTION 2. Section 11.13(m), Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subdivisions (1-a) and (1-b) to read as follows:
(1-a) "Eligible peace officer" means an individual
listed under Article 2.12(1), (2), (3), or (4), Code of Criminal
Procedure, who is employed full-time as a peace officer by this
state or by a political subdivision of this state.
(1-b) "High-need area" means an area designated by the
governing body of a taxing unit that the governing body determines
is likely to benefit from a greater number of peace officers
residing in the area.
SECTION 3. Section 11.13, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsections (s) and (t) to read as follows:
(s) In addition to any other exemptions provided by this
section, an eligible peace officer is entitled to an exemption from
taxation by a taxing unit of all or part of the appraised value of
the peace officer's residence homestead if:
(1) the exemption is adopted by the governing body of
the taxing unit in the manner required by law for official action by
the governing body; and
(2) the peace officer's residence homestead is located
in an area designated as a high-need area by the governing body of
the taxing unit.
(t) The governing body of a taxing unit may adopt the
exemption provided by Subsection (s) as a specified dollar amount
or as a percentage of the appraised value of the property.
SECTION 4. Section 403.302(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) For the purposes of this section, "taxable value" means
the market value of all taxable property less:
(1) the total dollar amount of any residence homestead
exemptions lawfully granted under Section 11.13(b), [or] (c), or
(s), Tax Code, in the year that is the subject of the study for each
school district;
(2) one-half of the total dollar amount of any
residence homestead exemptions granted under Section 11.13(n), Tax
Code, in the year that is the subject of the study for each school
district;
(3) the total dollar amount of any exemptions granted
before May 31, 1993, within a reinvestment zone under agreements
authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code;
(4) subject to Subsection (e), the total dollar amount
of any captured appraised value of property that:
(A) is within a reinvestment zone created on or
before May 31, 1999, or is proposed to be included within the
boundaries of a reinvestment zone as the boundaries of the zone and
the proposed portion of tax increment paid into the tax increment
fund by a school district are described in a written notification
provided by the municipality or the board of directors of the zone
to the governing bodies of the other taxing units in the manner
provided by former Section 311.003(e), Tax Code, before May 31,
1999, and within the boundaries of the zone as those boundaries
existed on September 1, 1999, including subsequent improvements to
the property regardless of when made;
(B) generates taxes paid into a tax increment
fund created under Chapter 311, Tax Code, under a reinvestment zone
financing plan approved under Section 311.011(d), Tax Code, on or
before September 1, 1999; and
(C) is eligible for tax increment financing under
Chapter 311, Tax Code;
(5) the total dollar amount of any captured appraised
value of property that:
(A) is within a reinvestment zone:
(i) created on or before December 31, 2008,
by a municipality with a population of less than 18,000; and
(ii) the project plan for which includes
the alteration, remodeling, repair, or reconstruction of a
structure that is included on the National Register of Historic
Places and requires that a portion of the tax increment of the zone
be used for the improvement or construction of related facilities
or for affordable housing;
(B) generates school district taxes that are paid
into a tax increment fund created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; and
(C) is eligible for tax increment financing under
Chapter 311, Tax Code;
(6) the total dollar amount of any exemptions granted
under Section 11.251 or 11.253, Tax Code;
(7) the difference between the comptroller's estimate
of the market value and the productivity value of land that
qualifies for appraisal on the basis of its productive capacity,
except that the productivity value estimated by the comptroller may
not exceed the fair market value of the land;
(8) the portion of the appraised value of residence
homesteads of individuals who receive a tax limitation under
Section 11.26, Tax Code, on which school district taxes are not
imposed in the year that is the subject of the study, calculated as
if the residence homesteads were appraised at the full value
required by law;
(9) a portion of the market value of property not
otherwise fully taxable by the district at market value because of
action required by statute or the constitution of this state, other
than Section 11.311, Tax Code, that, if the tax rate adopted by the
district is applied to it, produces an amount equal to the
difference between the tax that the district would have imposed on
the property if the property were fully taxable at market value and
the tax that the district is actually authorized to impose on the
property, if this subsection does not otherwise require that
portion to be deducted;
(10) the market value of all tangible personal
property, other than manufactured homes, owned by a family or
individual and not held or used for the production of income;
(11) the appraised value of property the collection of
delinquent taxes on which is deferred under Section 33.06, Tax
Code;
(12) the portion of the appraised value of property
the collection of delinquent taxes on which is deferred under
Section 33.065, Tax Code;
(13) the amount by which the market value of a
residence homestead to which Section 23.23, Tax Code, applies
exceeds the appraised value of that property as calculated under
that section; and
(14) the total dollar amount of any exemptions granted
under Section 11.35, Tax Code.
SECTION 5. This Act applies only to ad valorem taxes imposed
for a tax year that begins on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022, but only
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2021, authorizing a local option exemption from ad
valorem taxation of all or part of the appraised value of the
residence homesteads of certain peace officers is approved by the
voters. If that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act
has no effect.