Bill Text: TX SJR3 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes, to increase the amount of an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 87-28)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-26 - House appoints conferees-reported [SJR3 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SJR3-Comm_Sub.html
88R30132 CJC/TJB-D | ||
By: Bettencourt, et al. | S.J.R. No. 3 | |
(Meyer) | ||
Substitute the following for S.J.R. No. 3: No. |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature | ||
to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem | ||
tax purposes, to increase the amount of an exemption from ad valorem | ||
taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, | ||
to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem | ||
taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or | ||
disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to | ||
except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from | ||
the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of | ||
appropriations. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (i) and adding Subsection (i-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(i) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this | ||
section, the Legislature by general law may limit the maximum | ||
appraised value of real property [ |
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valorem tax purposes in a tax year to the lesser of the most recent | ||
market value of the property [ |
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the appraisal entity or 105 [ |
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of the appraised value of the property [ |
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the preceding tax year. A limitation on appraised values | ||
authorized by this subsection: | ||
(1) takes effect in the tax year following the first | ||
tax year in which the owner owns the property on January 1 [ |
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(2) expires on January 1 of the [ |
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following the tax year in which [ |
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property when the limitation took effect ceases to own the | ||
property, except that the Legislature by general law may provide | ||
for the limitation applicable to a residence homestead to continue | ||
during ownership of the property by [ |
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surviving spouse [ |
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(i-1) For purposes of Subsection (i) of this section, the | ||
Legislature by general law may define real property, which may | ||
include a manufactured or mobile home used as a dwelling. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 1-b(c) and (d), Article VIII, Texas | ||
Constitution, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The amount of $100,000 [ |
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the residence homestead of a married or unmarried adult, including | ||
one living alone, is exempt from ad valorem taxation for general | ||
elementary and secondary public school purposes. The legislature | ||
by general law may provide that all or part of the exemption does | ||
not apply to a district or political subdivision that imposes ad | ||
valorem taxes for public education purposes but is not the | ||
principal school district providing general elementary and | ||
secondary public education throughout its territory. In addition | ||
to this exemption, the legislature by general law may exempt an | ||
amount not to exceed $10,000 of the market value of the residence | ||
homestead of a person who is disabled as defined in Subsection (b) | ||
of this section and of a person 65 years of age or older from ad | ||
valorem taxation for general elementary and secondary public school | ||
purposes. The legislature by general law may base the amount of and | ||
condition eligibility for the additional exemption authorized by | ||
this subsection for disabled persons and for persons 65 years of age | ||
or older on economic need. An eligible disabled person who is 65 | ||
years of age or older may not receive both exemptions from a school | ||
district but may choose either. An eligible person is entitled to | ||
receive both the exemption required by this subsection for all | ||
residence homesteads and any exemption adopted pursuant to | ||
Subsection (b) of this section, but the legislature shall provide | ||
by general law whether an eligible disabled or elderly person may | ||
receive both the additional exemption for the elderly and disabled | ||
authorized by this subsection and any exemption for the elderly or | ||
disabled adopted pursuant to Subsection (b) of this section. Where | ||
ad valorem tax has previously been pledged for the payment of debt, | ||
the taxing officers of a school district may continue to levy and | ||
collect the tax against the value of homesteads exempted under this | ||
subsection until the debt is discharged if the cessation of the levy | ||
would impair the obligation of the contract by which the debt was | ||
created. The legislature shall provide for formulas to protect | ||
school districts against all or part of the revenue loss incurred by | ||
the implementation of this subsection, Subsection (d) of this | ||
section, and Section 1-d-1 of this article. The legislature by | ||
general law may define residence homestead for purposes of this | ||
section. | ||
(d) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, if a | ||
person receives a residence homestead exemption prescribed by | ||
Subsection (c) of this section for homesteads of persons who are 65 | ||
years of age or older or who are disabled, the total amount of ad | ||
valorem taxes imposed on that homestead for general elementary and | ||
secondary public school purposes may not be increased while it | ||
remains the residence homestead of that person or that person's | ||
spouse who receives the exemption. If a person who is 65 years of | ||
age or older or who is disabled dies in a year in which the person | ||
received the exemption, the total amount of ad valorem taxes | ||
imposed on the homestead for general elementary and secondary | ||
public school purposes may not be increased while it remains the | ||
residence homestead of that person's surviving spouse if the spouse | ||
is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person's death, | ||
subject to any exceptions provided by general law. The | ||
legislature, by general law, may provide for the transfer of all or | ||
a proportionate amount of a limitation provided by this subsection | ||
for a person who qualifies for the limitation and establishes a | ||
different residence homestead. However, taxes otherwise limited | ||
by this subsection may be increased to the extent the value of the | ||
homestead is increased by improvements other than repairs or | ||
improvements made to comply with governmental requirements and | ||
except as may be consistent with the transfer of a limitation under | ||
this subsection. For a residence homestead subject to the | ||
limitation provided by this subsection in the 1996 tax year or an | ||
earlier tax year, the legislature shall provide for a reduction in | ||
the amount of the limitation for the 1997 tax year and subsequent | ||
tax years in an amount equal to $10,000 multiplied by the 1997 tax | ||
rate for general elementary and secondary public school purposes | ||
applicable to the residence homestead. For a residence homestead | ||
subject to the limitation provided by this subsection in the 2014 | ||
tax year or an earlier tax year, the legislature shall provide for a | ||
reduction in the amount of the limitation for the 2015 tax year and | ||
subsequent tax years in an amount equal to $10,000 multiplied by the | ||
2015 tax rate for general elementary and secondary public school | ||
purposes applicable to the residence homestead. For a residence | ||
homestead subject to the limitation provided by this subsection in | ||
the 2021 tax year or an earlier tax year, the legislature shall | ||
provide for a reduction in the amount of the limitation for the 2023 | ||
tax year and subsequent tax years in an amount equal to $15,000 | ||
multiplied by the 2022 tax rate for general elementary and | ||
secondary public school purposes applicable to the residence | ||
homestead. Beginning with the 2023 tax year, for any tax year in | ||
which the amount of the exemption provided by Subsection (c) of this | ||
section applicable to the residence homestead of a married or | ||
unmarried adult, including one living alone, or the amount of the | ||
exemption provided by Subsection (c) of this section applicable to | ||
the residence homestead of a person who is disabled as defined by | ||
Subsection (b) of this section and of a person 65 years of age or | ||
older is increased, the legislature shall provide for a reduction | ||
for that tax year and subsequent tax years in the amount of the | ||
limitation provided by this subsection applicable to a residence | ||
homestead that was subject to the limitation in the tax year | ||
preceding the tax year in which the amount of the exemption is | ||
increased in an amount equal to the amount by which the amount of | ||
the exemption is increased multiplied by the tax rate for general | ||
elementary and secondary public school purposes applicable to the | ||
residence homestead for the tax year in which the amount of the | ||
exemption is increased. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 22, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) Appropriations from state tax revenues not dedicated | ||
by this constitution that are made for the purpose of paying for ad | ||
valorem tax relief as identified by the legislature by general law | ||
are not included as appropriations for purposes of determining | ||
whether the rate of growth of appropriations exceeds the limitation | ||
prescribed by Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 4. The following temporary provision is added to | ||
the Texas Constitution: | ||
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies | ||
to the constitutional amendment proposed by S.J.R. 3, 88th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023. | ||
(b) The amendments to Sections 1 and 1-b, Article VIII, of | ||
this constitution take effect for the tax year beginning January 1, | ||
2023. | ||
(c) The amendment to Section 22, Article VIII, of this | ||
constitution applies to appropriations made for the state fiscal | ||
biennium beginning September 1, 2023, and subsequent state fiscal | ||
bienniums. | ||
(d) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 5. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the | ||
legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property | ||
for ad valorem tax purposes; to increase the amount of the residence | ||
homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school | ||
purposes from $40,000 to $100,000; to adjust the amount of the | ||
limitation on ad valorem taxes for public school purposes imposed | ||
on the residence homestead of a person who is disabled or is 65 | ||
years of age or older to reflect increases in certain exemption | ||
amounts; and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem | ||
tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth | ||
of appropriations." |