Bill Text: TX HJR47 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-02 - Referred to Local Government [HJR47 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR47-Engrossed.html

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88R3021 LHC-D
By: Harris of Anderson, Raymond, Guillen, H.J.R. No. 47
Ashby, Clardy

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property
consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale
at retail.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 1-s to read as follows:
Sec. 1-s. (a) The legislature by general law may exempt
from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of
animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.
(b) The legislature by general law may provide additional
eligibility requirements for the exemption authorized by this
section.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal
property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property
for sale at retail."