Bill Text: TX HJR34 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 42-11)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2019-05-29 - Filed with the Secretary of State [HJR34 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HJR34-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.J.R. No. 34
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
  to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a
  portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a
  disaster.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is
  amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  The Legislature by general law may provide that a person
  who owns property located in an area declared by the governor to be
  a disaster area following a disaster is entitled to a temporary
  exemption from ad valorem taxation by a political subdivision of a
  portion of the appraised value of that property.  The general law
  may provide that if the governor first declares territory in the
  political subdivision to be a disaster area as a result of a
  disaster on or after the date the political subdivision adopts a tax
  rate for the tax year in which the declaration is issued, a person
  is entitled to the exemption authorized by this subsection for that
  tax year only if the exemption is adopted by the governing body of
  the political subdivision. The Legislature by general law may
  prescribe the method of determining the amount of the exemption
  authorized by this subsection and the duration of the exemption 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 5, 2019.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
  legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem
  taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property
  damaged by a disaster."
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.J.R. No. 34 was passed by the House on April
  17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.J.R. No. 34 on May 23, 2019, by a non-record vote and requested
  the appointment of a conference committee to consider the
  differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the
  conference committee report on H.J.R. No. 34 on May 26, 2019, by the
  following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.J.R. No. 34 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 19, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.J.R.
  No. 34 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  RECEIVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
           Secretary of State       
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