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1	1	By: Van de Putte S.J.R. No. 16
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed January 8, 2013; January 29, 2013,
3	3	read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
4	4	April 29, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5	5	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 29, 2013,
6	6	sent to printer.)
7	7	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 16 By: Hegar
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10	10	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
11	11	proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
12	12	to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part
13	13	of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving
14	14	spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is
15	15	killed in action.
16	16	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
17	17	SECTION 1. Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
18	18	is amended by adding Subsections (l) and (m) to read as follows:
19	19	(l) The legislature by general law may provide that the
20	20	surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United
21	21	States who is killed in action is entitled to an exemption from ad
22	22	valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the surviving
23	23	spouse's residence homestead if the surviving spouse has not
24	24	remarried since the death of the member of the armed services.
25	25	(m) The legislature by general law may provide that a
26	26	surviving spouse who qualifies for and receives an exemption in
27	27	accordance with Subsection (l) of this section and who subsequently
28	28	qualifies a different property as the surviving spouse's residence
29	29	homestead is entitled to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of
30	30	the subsequently qualified homestead in an amount equal to the
31	31	dollar amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the first
32	32	homestead for which the exemption was received in accordance with
33	33	Subsection (l) of this section in the last year in which the
34	34	surviving spouse received the exemption in accordance with that
35	35	subsection for that homestead if the surviving spouse has not
36	36	remarried since the death of the member of the armed services.
37	37	SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
38	38	the Texas Constitution:
39	39	TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
40	40	to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 83rd Legislature,
41	41	Regular Session, 2013, authorizing the legislature to provide for
42	42	an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market
43	43	value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member
44	44	of the armed services of the United States who is killed in action.
45	45	(b) Sections 1-b(l) and (m), Article VIII, of this
46	46	constitution take effect January 1, 2014, and apply only to a tax
47	47	year beginning on or after that date.
48	48	(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2015.
49	49	SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
50	50	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013.
51	51	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
52	52	proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
53	53	legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of
54	54	all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the
55	55	surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United
56	56	States who is killed in action."
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