81R1574 JE-D
By: Eiland H.B. No. 1292
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total
appraised value of the residence homestead of a member of a reserve
component of the United States armed forces who is serving on active
duty during a war or national emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.13, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (s) to read as follows:
(s) In addition to any other exemptions provided by this
section, an individual is entitled to an exemption from taxation by
a taxing unit of the total appraised value of the individual's
residence homestead if:
(1) the individual:
(A) is a member of a reserve component of the
United States armed forces, including the National Guard;
(B) is deployed or stationed on active duty
during a war or national emergency declared in accordance with
federal law for any part of the tax year at a location that is at
least 60 miles from the individual's residence homestead; and
(C) has been continuously deployed or stationed
on active duty during a war or national emergency declared in
accordance with federal law for at least the preceding six months,
disregarding temporary periods of leave or other absence, at one or
more locations each of which is at least 60 miles from the
individual's residence homestead; and
(2) the exemption is adopted either:
(A) by the governing body of the taxing unit; or
(B) by a favorable vote of a majority of the
qualified voters of the taxing unit at an election called by the
governing body of a taxing unit, and the governing body shall call
the election on the petition of at least 20 percent of the number of
qualified voters who voted in the preceding election of the taxing
unit.
SECTION 2. Section 11.42, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A person who qualifies for an exemption under Section
11.13(s) after January 1 of a tax year may receive the exemption for
the applicable portion of that tax year immediately on
qualification for the exemption.
SECTION 3. Section 11.43, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) To receive an exemption authorized by Section
11.13(s), a person must submit an application for the exemption
even if the person already receives another exemption under Section
11.13. The application required by this subsection must include an
affidavit and a copy of official documents evidencing the person's
active duty status. The chief appraiser may require a person
allowed an exemption authorized under Section 11.13(s) in a prior
year to file a new affidavit to confirm the person's current
qualification for the exemption by delivering not later than April
1 a written notice that the affidavit is required, accompanied by an
affidavit form, to the person. An affidavit required by this
subsection must be in substantially the following form:
"I, __________, do hereby solemnly swear or affirm that I am a
member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces,
including the National Guard, serving on active duty during a war or
national emergency declared in accordance with federal law, with
the period of duty beginning on _______.
Subscribed to and sworn before me this _______ day of
_______, _______.
SEAL _______________________
Notary Public in and for
________ County, Texas"
SECTION 4. Section 26.10, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) If the appraisal roll shows that a residence homestead
exemption under Section 11.13(s) applicable to a property on
January 1 of a year terminated during the year, the tax due against
the residence homestead is calculated by:
(1) subtracting:
(A) the amount of the taxes that otherwise would
be imposed on the residence homestead for the entire year had the
individual qualified for the exemption under Section 11.13(s) for
the entire year; from
(B) the amount of the taxes that otherwise would
be imposed on the residence homestead for the entire year had the
individual not qualified for the exemption under Section 11.13(s)
during the year;
(2) multiplying the remainder determined under
Subdivision (1) by a fraction, the denominator of which is 365 and
the numerator of which is the number of days of that year remaining
after the date the exemption terminated; and
(3) adding the product determined under Subdivision
(2) and the amount described by Subdivision (1)(A).
SECTION 5. Chapter 26, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Section 26.1125 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.1125. CALCULATION OF TAXES ON RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD
OF MILITARY RESERVIST. (a) If a person qualifies for an exemption
under Section 11.13(s) after the beginning of a tax year, the amount
of the taxes on the residence homestead of the person for the tax
year is calculated by:
(1) subtracting:
(A) the amount of the taxes that otherwise would
be imposed on the residence homestead for the entire year had the
person qualified for the exemption under Section 11.13(s) on
January 1; from
(B) the amount of the taxes that otherwise would
be imposed on the residence homestead for the entire year had the
person not qualified for the exemption under Section 11.13(s);
(2) multiplying the remainder determined under
Subdivision (1) by a fraction, the denominator of which is 365 and
the numerator of which is the number of days of that year that
elapsed prior to the date that the person qualified for the
exemption under Section 11.13(s); and
(3) adding the product determined under Subdivision
(2) and the amount described by Subdivision (1)(A).
(b) If a person qualifies for an exemption under Section
11.13(s) with respect to the property after the amount of the tax
due on the property is calculated and the effect of the
qualification is to reduce the amount of the tax due on the
property, the assessor for each taxing unit shall recalculate the
amount of the tax due on the property and correct the tax roll. If
the tax bill has been mailed and the tax on the property has not been
paid, the assessor shall mail a corrected tax bill to the person in
whose name the property is listed on the tax roll or to the person's
authorized agent. If the tax on the property has been paid, the tax
collector for the taxing unit shall refund to the person who paid
the tax the amount by which the payment exceeded the tax due.
SECTION 6. Section 403.302(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) For the purposes of this section, "taxable value" means
the market value of all taxable property less:
(1) the total dollar amount of any residence homestead
exemptions lawfully granted under Section 11.13(b), [or] (c), or
(s), Tax Code, in the year that is the subject of the study for each
school district;
(2) one-half of the total dollar amount of any
residence homestead exemptions granted under Section 11.13(n), Tax
Code, in the year that is the subject of the study for each school
district;
(3) the total dollar amount of any exemptions granted
before May 31, 1993, within a reinvestment zone under agreements
authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code;
(4) subject to Subsection (e), the total dollar amount
of any captured appraised value of property that:
(A) is within a reinvestment zone created on or
before May 31, 1999, or is proposed to be included within the
boundaries of a reinvestment zone as the boundaries of the zone and
the proposed portion of tax increment paid into the tax increment
fund by a school district are described in a written notification
provided by the municipality or the board of directors of the zone
to the governing bodies of the other taxing units in the manner
provided by Section 311.003(e), Tax Code, before May 31, 1999, and
within the boundaries of the zone as those boundaries existed on
September 1, 1999, including subsequent improvements to the
property regardless of when made;
(B) generates taxes paid into a tax increment
fund created under Chapter 311, Tax Code, under a reinvestment zone
financing plan approved under Section 311.011(d), Tax Code, on or
before September 1, 1999; and
(C) is eligible for tax increment financing under
Chapter 311, Tax Code;
(5) for a school district for which a deduction from
taxable value is made under Subdivision (4), an amount equal to the
taxable value required to generate revenue when taxed at the school
district's current tax rate in an amount that, when added to the
taxes of the district paid into a tax increment fund as described by
Subdivision (4)(B), is equal to the total amount of taxes the
district would have paid into the tax increment fund if the district
levied taxes at the rate the district levied in 2005;
(6) the total dollar amount of any captured appraised
value of property that:
(A) is within a reinvestment zone:
(i) created on or before December 31, 2008,
by a municipality with a population of less than 18,000; and
(ii) the project plan for which includes
the alteration, remodeling, repair, or reconstruction of a
structure that is included on the National Register of Historic
Places and requires that a portion of the tax increment of the zone
be used for the improvement or construction of related facilities
or for affordable housing;
(B) generates school district taxes that are paid
into a tax increment fund created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; and
(C) is eligible for tax increment financing under
Chapter 311, Tax Code;
(7) the total dollar amount of any exemptions granted
under Section 11.251 or 11.253, Tax Code;
(8) the difference between the comptroller's estimate
of the market value and the productivity value of land that
qualifies for appraisal on the basis of its productive capacity,
except that the productivity value estimated by the comptroller may
not exceed the fair market value of the land;
(9) the portion of the appraised value of residence
homesteads of individuals who receive a tax limitation under
Section 11.26, Tax Code, on which school district taxes are not
imposed in the year that is the subject of the study, calculated as
if the residence homesteads were appraised at the full value
required by law;
(10) a portion of the market value of property not
otherwise fully taxable by the district at market value because of:
(A) action required by statute or the
constitution of this state that, if the tax rate adopted by the
district is applied to it, produces an amount equal to the
difference between the tax that the district would have imposed on
the property if the property were fully taxable at market value and
the tax that the district is actually authorized to impose on the
property, if this subsection does not otherwise require that
portion to be deducted; or
(B) action taken by the district under Subchapter
B or C, Chapter 313, Tax Code;
(11) the market value of all tangible personal
property, other than manufactured homes, owned by a family or
individual and not held or used for the production of income;
(12) the appraised value of property the collection of
delinquent taxes on which is deferred under Section 33.06, Tax
Code;
(13) the portion of the appraised value of property
the collection of delinquent taxes on which is deferred under
Section 33.065, Tax Code; and
(14) the amount by which the market value of a
residence homestead to which Section 23.23, Tax Code, applies
exceeds the appraised value of that property as calculated under
that section.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect on the date on which the
constitutional amendment authorizing a political subdivision to
exempt from ad valorem taxation the total assessed value of the
residence homestead of a member of a reserve component of the United
States armed forces who is serving on active duty during a war or
national emergency is approved by the voters. If that amendment is
not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect.