Bill Text: TX HJR155 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the adjustment of the limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an elderly or disabled person if the school district adopts, changes the amount of, or rescinds a local option residence homestead exemption.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR155 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR155-Introduced.html
| By: Stephenson | H.J.R. No. 155 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | ||
| to provide for the adjustment of the limitation on the amount of ad | ||
| valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the residence | ||
| homestead of an elderly or disabled person if the school district | ||
| adopts, changes the amount of, or rescinds a local option residence | ||
| homestead exemption. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, | ||
| is amended by adding Subsection (d-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (d-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (d) of this section, the | ||
| legislature by general law may provide for the adjustment of the | ||
| amount of a limitation provided by that subsection applicable to a | ||
| residence homestead for a tax year in which a school district | ||
| adopts, changes the amount of, or rescinds a local option residence | ||
| homestead exemption. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2021. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | ||
| legislature to provide for the adjustment of the limitation on the | ||
| amount of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the | ||
| residence homestead of an elderly or disabled person if the school | ||
| district adopts, changes the amount of, or rescinds a local option | ||
| residence homestead exemption." | ||
