Bill Text: TX HJR49 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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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

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85R4877 CJC-D
By: Keough H.J.R. No. 49

A JOINT RESOLUTION
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."