By: Guillen	H.J.R. No. 157

	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
	to exempt from ad valorem taxation the portion of the assessed value
	of a person's property that is attributable to the installation or
	construction in or on the property of border security
	infrastructure.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
	adding Section 1-s to read as follows:
	Sec. 1-s.  The legislature by general law may exempt from ad
	valorem taxation the portion of the assessed value of a person's
	property that is attributable to the installation or construction
	in or on the property of border security infrastructure and may
	provide additional eligibility requirements for the exemption.
	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 exempt from ad valorem taxation the portion of the
	assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the
	installation or construction in or on the property of border
	security infrastructure."