| 1 | 1 | | 84R10757 CJC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 3202 |
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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 right of a disabled veteran to obtain a certificate |
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| 8 | 8 | | from the chief appraiser of an appraisal district stating whether |
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| 9 | 9 | | the veteran would be entitled to an exemption from ad valorem |
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| 10 | 10 | | taxation of property if the veteran were to acquire the property. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Tax Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | adding Section 11.49 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 11.49. EXEMPTION QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE. (a) In |
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| 15 | 15 | | this section, "disabled veteran" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 11.22. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) To facilitate the financing associated with the |
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| 18 | 18 | | acquisition of a property, a disabled veteran, before acquiring the |
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| 19 | 19 | | property, may request from the chief appraiser of the appraisal |
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| 20 | 20 | | district established for the county in which the property is |
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| 21 | 21 | | located a preliminary determination of whether the property if |
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| 22 | 22 | | acquired by the veteran would qualify for a total or partial |
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| 23 | 23 | | exemption from ad valorem taxation as a result of the veteran's |
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| 24 | 24 | | status as a disabled veteran. The request must be in writing and |
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| 25 | 25 | | must include the information that would be included in an |
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| 26 | 26 | | application for the applicable exemption for the property. Not |
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| 27 | 27 | | later than the 30th day after the date a request is submitted under |
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| 28 | 28 | | this subsection, the chief appraiser shall issue a written |
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| 29 | 29 | | preliminary determination for the property included in the request. |
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| 30 | 30 | | A preliminary determination does not affect the granting of an |
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| 31 | 31 | | exemption under this chapter. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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