| 1 | 1 | | 81R5163 JD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Howard of Fort Bend H.B. No. 1211 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a |
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| 8 | 8 | | residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 23.23(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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| 11 | 11 | | follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 25.18 and |
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| 13 | 13 | | regardless of whether the appraisal office has appraised the |
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| 14 | 14 | | property and determined the market value of the property for the tax |
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| 15 | 15 | | year, an appraisal office may increase the appraised value of a |
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| 16 | 16 | | residence homestead for a tax year to an amount not to exceed the |
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| 17 | 17 | | lesser of: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the market value of the property for the most |
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| 19 | 19 | | recent tax year that the market value was determined by the |
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| 20 | 20 | | appraisal office; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) the sum of: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) five [10] percent of the appraised value of |
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| 23 | 23 | | the property for the preceding tax year; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) the appraised value of the property for the |
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| 25 | 25 | | preceding tax year; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (C) the market value of all new improvements to |
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| 27 | 27 | | the property. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies only to the appraisal for ad |
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| 29 | 29 | | valorem tax purposes of residence homesteads for a tax year that |
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| 30 | 30 | | begins on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010, but only |
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| 32 | 32 | | if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 81st Legislature, |
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| 33 | 33 | | Regular Session, 2009, to authorize the legislature to limit the |
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| 34 | 34 | | maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax |
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| 35 | 35 | | purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | property for the preceding tax year is approved by the voters. If |
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| 37 | 37 | | that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no |
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| 38 | 38 | | effect. |
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