Roll Call: TX SJR1 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature
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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, authorizing the legislature to prohibit a political subdivision that has adopted an optional residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption, and prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a transfer tax on a transaction that conveys fee simple title to real property.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 26-5)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-01 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR1 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, authorizing the legislature to prohibit a political subdivision that has adopted an optional residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption, and prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a transfer tax on a transaction that conveys fee simple title to real property.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 26-5)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-01 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR1 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Vote: SJR 1Third Reading House
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 128 | 34 | 94 |
| Nay | 8 | 8 | - |
| Not Voting | 2 | - | 2 |
| Absent | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 150 | 51 | 99 |
