| 1 | 1 | | 81R8928 UM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Shapleigh S.J.R. No. 34 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature |
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| 7 | 7 | | to exempt from ad valorem taxation the residence homestead of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran in an |
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| 9 | 9 | | amount equal to the amount of the residence homestead exemption to |
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| 10 | 10 | | which the disabled veteran was entitled on the same property. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, |
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| 13 | 13 | | is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (j) The legislature by general law may provide that the |
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| 15 | 15 | | surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran who |
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| 16 | 16 | | received an exemption under Subsection (i) of this section is |
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| 17 | 17 | | entitled to an exemption for the same property in an amount equal to |
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| 18 | 18 | | the amount of the exemption received by the disabled veteran if the |
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| 19 | 19 | | property: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) was the residence homestead of the surviving |
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| 21 | 21 | | spouse when the disabled veteran died; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) remains the residence homestead of the surviving |
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| 23 | 23 | | spouse. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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| 25 | 25 | | the Texas Constitution: |
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| 26 | 26 | | TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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| 27 | 27 | | to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 81st Legislature, |
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| 28 | 28 | | Regular Session, 2009, authorizing the legislature to exempt from |
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| 29 | 29 | | ad valorem taxation the residence homestead of the surviving spouse |
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| 30 | 30 | | of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran in an amount equal to |
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| 31 | 31 | | the amount of the residence homestead exemption to which the |
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| 32 | 32 | | disabled veteran was entitled. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) Section 1-b(j), Article VIII, of this constitution |
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| 34 | 34 | | takes effect January 1, 2010, and applies only to a tax year |
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| 35 | 35 | | beginning on or after that date. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2011. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 38 | 38 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. |
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| 39 | 39 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 40 | 40 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the |
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| 41 | 41 | | legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the residence |
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| 42 | 42 | | homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally |
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| 43 | 43 | | disabled veteran in an amount equal to the amount of the residence |
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| 44 | 44 | | homestead exemption to which the disabled veteran was entitled on |
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| 45 | 45 | | the same property." |
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