Bill Text: TX HJR70 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to adopt a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of real property of a business that provides, or pays for the provision of, certain services for honorably discharged veterans without cost.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HJR70-Introduced.html
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| By: Lambert | H.J.R. No. 70 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing | ||
| body of a county or municipality to adopt a local option exemption | ||
| from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, | ||
| of the market value of real property of a business that provides, or | ||
| pays for the provision of, certain services for honorably | ||
| discharged veterans without cost. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 1-u to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1-u. The governing body of a county or municipality may | ||
| exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion, expressed as a dollar | ||
| amount as prescribed by the legislature by general law, of the | ||
| market value of real property that a person owns and uses to operate | ||
| a business that provides, or pays for the provision of, housing, | ||
| substance abuse treatment, residential treatment services, case | ||
| management services, or mental health counseling for one or more | ||
| honorably discharged veterans of the armed services of the United | ||
| States without cost. The legislature by general law 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 | ||
| governing body of a county or municipality to adopt a local option | ||
| exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a | ||
| dollar amount, of the market value of real property of a business | ||
| that provides, or pays for the provision of, housing, substance | ||
| abuse treatment, residential treatment services, case management | ||
| services, or mental health counseling for honorably discharged | ||
| veterans without cost." | ||
