Bill Text: TX HB2133 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation for property owned by a religious organization for purposes of expanding a religious facility or constructing a new religious facility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2133 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2133-Introduced.html
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By: Anderson of Dallas | H.B. No. 2133 |
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relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation for property | ||
owned by a religious organization for purposes of expanding a | ||
religious facility or constructing a new religious facility. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.20(j), Tax Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
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tract of land on which the religious organization's place of | ||
regular religious worship is located may not be exempted under | ||
Subsection (a)(6) for more than three years. For purposes of this | ||
subsection, a tract of land is considered to be contiguous with | ||
another tract of land if the tracts are divided only by a road, | ||
railroad track, river, or stream. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to ad valorem taxes imposed | ||
for a tax year beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |