Bill Text: TX HJR49 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the refund of ad valorem taxes imposed on property leased to a religious organization for use as an actual place of religious worship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-20 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR49 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR49-Introduced.html
| 85R4877 CJC-D | ||
| By: Keough | H.J.R. No. 49 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | ||
| to provide for the refund of ad valorem taxes imposed on property | ||
| leased to a religious organization for use as an actual place of | ||
| religious worship. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 52l to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 52l. The legislature by general law may provide that a | ||
| religious organization that leases property for use as an actual | ||
| place of religious worship is entitled to a refund from each | ||
| political subdivision that taxes the property of the ad valorem | ||
| taxes imposed on the property by that political subdivision and | ||
| collected from the owner of the property. | ||
| 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 provide for the refund of ad valorem taxes imposed on | ||
| property leased to a religious organization for use as an actual | ||
| place of religious worship." | ||
