Bill Text: TX HJR88 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the commissioners court of a county to exempt from ad valorem taxation by each political subdivision that taxes the property the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or graywater system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HJR88 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HJR88-Introduced.html
| 89R1569 MLH-D | ||
| By: Zwiener | H.J.R. No. 88 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the | ||
| commissioners court of a county to exempt from ad valorem taxation | ||
| by each political subdivision that taxes the property the portion | ||
| of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to | ||
| the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or | ||
| graywater system. | ||
| 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 legislature by general law may authorize the | ||
| commissioners court of a county to exempt from ad valorem taxation | ||
| by each political subdivision that taxes the property the portion | ||
| of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to | ||
| the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or | ||
| graywater system 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 4, 2025. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the | ||
| commissioners court of a county to exempt from ad valorem taxation | ||
| by each political subdivision that taxes the property the portion | ||
| of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to | ||
| the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or | ||
| graywater system." | ||
