Bill Text: TX HJR147 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to the appraised value of the property when it was first qualified as a residence homestead, plus the value of subsequent improvements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR147 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR147-Introduced.html

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88R7896 SHH-D
By: VanDeaver H.J.R. No. 147

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad
valorem tax purposes to the appraised value of the property when it
was first qualified as a residence homestead, plus the value of
subsequent improvements.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1(i), Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this
section, the Legislature by general law may limit the maximum
appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax
purposes in a tax year to the lesser of the most recent market value
of the residence homestead as determined by the appraisal entity or
[110 percent, or a greater percentage, of] the appraised value of
the residence homestead for the tax year in which the owner first
qualified the property for an exemption under Section 1-b of this
article and the value of subsequent improvements made to the
property [preceding tax year]. A limitation on appraised values
authorized by this subsection:
(1) takes effect as to a residence homestead on the
later of the effective date of the law imposing the limitation or
January 1 of the tax year following the first tax year the owner
qualifies the property for an exemption under Section 1-b of this
article; and
(2) expires on January 1 of the first tax year that
neither the owner of the property when the limitation took effect
nor the owner's spouse or surviving spouse qualifies for an
exemption under Section 1-b of this article.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the
legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence
homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to the appraised value of the
property when it was first qualified as a residence homestead, plus
the value of subsequent improvements."