TX SJR29 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature

Texas Senate Joint Resolution 29 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-30 - Referred to Finance
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision other than a school district to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of an individual's residence homestead and authorizing the legislature to prohibit the governing body of a political subdivision that adopts such an exemption from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption.

Title

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-30	Senate	Referred to Finance
2017-01-30	Senate	Read first time
2017-01-06	Senate	Filed
2017-01-06	Senate	Received by the Secretary of the Senate

Same As/Similar To

SB418 (Enabled by) 2017-02-01 - Referred to Finance

Subjects

Property Interests
Property Interests--Homestead
Resolutions
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
Taxation
Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts
Taxation--Property-Exemptions

Texas State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&Bill=SJR29
Text	http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/85R/billtext/html/SJ00029I.htm