Bill Text: TX HJR108 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to limit for a temporary period the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a political subdivision on a residence homestead rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result of a natural disaster.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-30 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR108 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HJR108-Introduced.html
  85R9255 TJB-D
 
  By: Neave H.J.R. No. 108
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
  to limit for a temporary period the total amount of ad valorem taxes
  that may be imposed by a political subdivision on a residence
  homestead rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result of a
  natural disaster.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
  is amended by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:
         (p)  The legislature by general law may provide that for a
  temporary period following a natural disaster the total amount of
  ad valorem taxes imposed on a residence homestead by a political
  subdivision may not exceed the amount of taxes the political
  subdivision imposed on the property in the year in which the
  property was rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result of the
  disaster. The legislature by general law may prescribe
  requirements for eligibility for a tax limitation authorized by
  this subsection and procedures for the administration of this
  subsection.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
  legislature to limit for a temporary period the total amount of ad
  valorem taxes that may be imposed by a political subdivision on a
  residence homestead rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result
  of a natural disaster."
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