Bill Text: TX HJR89 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on property owned by a business entity that donates money to the district to create or support career and technical education programs or courses.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR89 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HJR89-Introduced.html

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87R5363 CJC-D
By: Allison H.J.R. No. 89

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to provide for a credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a
school district on property owned by a business entity that donates
money to the district to create or support career and technical
education programs or courses.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 1-t to read as follows:
Sec. 1-t. The legislature by general law may provide for a
credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on
property owned by a business entity that donates money to the
district to create or support career and technical education
programs or courses. The legislature may provide eligibility
requirements for a credit authorized by this section and formulas
for computing the amount of the credit that a business entity may
receive in a tax year.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to provide for a credit against the ad valorem taxes
imposed by a school district on property owned by a business entity
that donates money to the district to create or support career and
technical education programs or courses."