Bill Text: TX SJR84 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Passed) 2025-05-27 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR84 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SJR84-Enrolled.html
| S.J.R. No. 84 | ||
| proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature | ||
| to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the | ||
| appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is | ||
| completely destroyed by a fire. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, | ||
| is amended by adding Subsection (z) to read as follows: | ||
| (z) The legislature by general law may provide for a | ||
| temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value | ||
| of an improvement to a person's residence homestead that is | ||
| completely destroyed by a fire. The legislature by general law may | ||
| prescribe the duration of the exemption and may provide additional | ||
| eligibility requirements for the exemption. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the | ||
| legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem | ||
| taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence | ||
| homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire." | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 84 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on May 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 84 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Received: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of State | ||
