Bill Text: TX HJR38 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in the Texas Bullion Depository.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-08-04 - Received from the House [HJR38 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR38-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in the Texas Bullion Depository.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-08-04 - Received from the House [HJR38 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR38-Introduced.html
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By: Capriglione | H.J.R. No. 38 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | ||
to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in the Texas | ||
Bullion Depository. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 1-p to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1-p. The legislature by general law may exempt from ad | ||
valorem taxation precious metal held in the Texas Bullion | ||
Depository. The legislature by general law may define "precious | ||
metal" for purposes of this section. | ||
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 provide for voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | ||
legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held | ||
in the Texas Bullion Depository." |