Bill Text: TX SJR16 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of open-space land devoted to water-stewardship purposes on the basis of its productive capacity.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-05-25 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR16 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SJR16-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of open-space land devoted to water-stewardship purposes on the basis of its productive capacity.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-05-25 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR16 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SJR16-Comm_Sub.html
By: Estes, Watson | S.J.R. No. 16 | |
(In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2011; February 2, 2011, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; | ||
April 5, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 14, | ||
Nays 0; April 5, 2011, sent to printer.) | ||
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proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the appraisal | ||
for ad valorem tax purposes of open-space land devoted to | ||
water-stewardship purposes on the basis of its productive capacity. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 1-d-1, Article VIII, | ||
Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) To promote the preservation of open-space land, the | ||
legislature shall provide by general law for taxation of open-space | ||
land devoted to farm, ranch, [ |
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water-stewardship purposes on the basis of its productive capacity | ||
and may provide by general law for taxation of open-space land | ||
devoted to timber production on the basis of its productive | ||
capacity. The legislature by general law may provide eligibility | ||
limitations under this section and may impose sanctions in | ||
furtherance of the taxation policy of this section. | ||
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 82nd Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2011, providing for the appraisal for ad valorem | ||
tax purposes of open-space land devoted to water-stewardship | ||
purposes on the basis of its productive capacity. | ||
(b) The amendment to Section 1-d-1(a), Article VIII, of this | ||
constitution takes effect January 1, 2012. | ||
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2013. | ||
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the | ||
appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of open-space land devoted to | ||
water-stewardship purposes on the basis of its productive | ||
capacity." | ||
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