Bill Text: TX HJR67 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a percentage of the assessed value of property owned by certain disabled veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-11 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HJR67 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HJR67-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a percentage of the assessed value of property owned by certain disabled veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-11 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HJR67 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HJR67-Introduced.html
84R5261 LEH-D | ||
By: Sheets | H.J.R. No. 67 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | ||
to exempt all or part of the residence homesteads of certain | ||
disabled veterans from ad valorem taxation. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1-b(i), Article VIII, Texas | ||
Constitution, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(i) The legislature by general law may exempt from ad | ||
valorem taxation all or part of the market value of the residence | ||
homestead of a disabled veteran who is certified as having a | ||
service-connected disability with a disability rating of at least | ||
80 [ |
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eligibility requirements for the exemption. For purposes of this | ||
subsection, "disabled veteran" means a disabled veteran as | ||
described by Section 2(b) of this article. | ||
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to | ||
the Texas Constitution: | ||
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies to | ||
the constitutional amendment proposed by the 84th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2015, authorizing the legislature to exempt all or | ||
part of the residence homesteads of certain disabled veterans from | ||
ad valorem taxation. | ||
(b) The amendment to Section 1-b(i), Article VIII, of this | ||
constitution takes effect January 1, 2016, and applies only to ad | ||
valorem taxes imposed for a tax year beginning on or after that | ||
date. | ||
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2017. | ||
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | ||
legislature to exempt all or part of the residence homesteads of | ||
certain disabled veterans from ad valorem taxation." |