Bill Text: TX HJR183 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the real and personal property owned and exclusively used by a labor organization for the organization's operations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR183 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR183-Introduced.html

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By: Martinez Fischer H.J.R. No. 183

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
to exempt from ad valorem taxation the real and personal property
owned and exclusively used by a labor organization for the
organization's operations.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 1-w to read as follows:
Sec. 1-w. The legislature by general law may exempt from ad
valorem taxation the total market value of the real and personal
property owned and exclusively used by a labor organization for the
organization's operations. The legislature may define "labor
organization" for purposes of this section. The legislature may
prescribe 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 real and
personal property owned and exclusively used by a labor
organization for the organization's operations."