Bill Text: TX HB236 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 236 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain peace officers for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the officers' residence homestead.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-18 - Left pending in committee [HB236 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB236-Introduced.html

	83R554 CJC-D

	By: Riddle	H.B. No. 236



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the eligibility of certain peace officers for an
	exemption from ad valorem taxation of the officers' residence
	homestead.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 11.43, Tax Code, is amended by amending
	Subsection (n) and adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:
	(n) A chief appraiser may not allow an exemption provided by
	Section 11.13 unless the address of the property for which the
	exemption is claimed corresponds to the address on:
	(1) [~~the address on the driver's license or~~
	~~state-issued personal identification certificate provided by the~~
	~~applicant under Subsection (j) corresponds to the address on~~] the
	applicant's vehicle registration receipt or utility bill provided
	under Subsection (j) [~~that subsection~~]; and
	(2) the applicant's driver's license or state-issued
	personal identification certificate provided under Subsection (j),
	unless the applicant holds a driver's license issued under Section
	521.1211, Transportation Code [~~the address indicated in~~
	~~Subdivision (1) corresponds to the address of the property for~~
	~~which the exemption is claimed~~].
	(p) The application form for an exemption under Section
	11.13 must include a space for an applicant to state that the
	applicant holds a driver's license issued under Section 521.1211,
	Transportation Code.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
	11.43, Tax Code, applies only to an application for a residence
	homestead exemption filed with a chief appraiser on or after the
	effective date of this Act. An application for a residence
	homestead exemption filed with a chief appraiser before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
	application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.