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| 1 | 1 | 81R1900 JE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bonnen H.J.R. No. 48 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | |
| 7 | 7 | to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the assessed value | |
| 8 | 8 | of the residence homesteads of volunteer firefighters and emergency | |
| 9 | 9 | medical services volunteers. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, | |
| 12 | 12 | is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (j) The legislature by general law may exempt from ad | |
| 14 | 14 | valorem taxation $5,000 of the assessed value of the residence | |
| 15 | 15 | homestead of a person who serves as a volunteer firefighter or | |
| 16 | 16 | emergency medical services volunteer. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 18 | 18 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. | |
| 19 | 19 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 20 | 20 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | |
| 21 | 21 | legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the | |
| 22 | 22 | assessed value of the residence homesteads of volunteer | |
| 23 | 23 | firefighters and emergency medical services volunteers." |