Bill Text: TX HJR34 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 42-11)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2019-05-29 - Filed with the Secretary of State [HJR34 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HJR34-Enrolled.html
| H.J.R. No. 34 | ||
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| proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | ||
| to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a | ||
| portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a | ||
| disaster. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) The Legislature by general law may provide that a person | ||
| who owns property located in an area declared by the governor to be | ||
| a disaster area following a disaster is entitled to a temporary | ||
| exemption from ad valorem taxation by a political subdivision of a | ||
| portion of the appraised value of that property. The general law | ||
| may provide that if the governor first declares territory in the | ||
| political subdivision to be a disaster area as a result of a | ||
| disaster on or after the date the political subdivision adopts a tax | ||
| rate for the tax year in which the declaration is issued, a person | ||
| is entitled to the exemption authorized by this subsection for that | ||
| tax year only if the exemption is adopted by the governing body of | ||
| the political subdivision. The Legislature by general law may | ||
| prescribe the method of determining the amount of the exemption | ||
| authorized by this subsection and the duration of the exemption 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 5, 2019. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | ||
| legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem | ||
| taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property | ||
| damaged by a disaster." | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.J.R. No. 34 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
| H.J.R. No. 34 on May 23, 2019, by a non-record vote and requested | ||
| the appointment of a conference committee to consider the | ||
| differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the | ||
| conference committee report on H.J.R. No. 34 on May 26, 2019, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.J.R. No. 34 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
| committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
| that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.J.R. | ||
| No. 34 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| RECEIVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Secretary of State | ||
