Bill Text: TX HJR155 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the adjustment of the limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an elderly or disabled person if the school district adopts, changes the amount of, or rescinds a local option residence homestead exemption.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR155 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HJR155-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Stephenson H.J.R. No. 155
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
  to provide for the adjustment of the limitation on the amount of ad
  valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the residence
  homestead of an elderly or disabled person if the school district
  adopts, changes the amount of, or rescinds a local option residence
  homestead exemption.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
  is amended by adding Subsection (d-2) to read as follows:
         (d-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (d) of this section, the
  legislature by general law may provide for the adjustment of the
  amount of a limitation provided by that subsection applicable to a
  residence homestead for a tax year in which a school district
  adopts, changes the amount of, or rescinds a local option residence
  homestead exemption.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2021.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
  legislature to provide for the adjustment of the limitation on the
  amount of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the
  residence homestead of an elderly or disabled person if the school
  district adopts, changes the amount of, or rescinds a local option
  residence homestead exemption."
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