Bill Text: TX SB794 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a totally disabled veteran.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective on 1/1/22 [SB794 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB794-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 794 |
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relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation | ||
of the residence homestead of a totally disabled veteran. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.131(b), Tax Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(b) A disabled veteran who has been awarded by [ |
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successor 100 percent disability compensation due to a | ||
service-connected disability and a rating of 100 percent disabled | ||
or of individual unemployability is entitled to an exemption from | ||
taxation of the total appraised value of the veteran's residence | ||
homestead. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an ad valorem tax year that begins on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 794 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; | ||
May 27, 2021, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 28, 2021, House | ||
granted request of the Senate; May 30, 2021, Senate adopted | ||
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 31, | ||
Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 794 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, | ||
Nays 0, two present not voting; May 28, 2021, House granted request | ||
of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
May 30, 2021, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |