84R13454 CJC-D
By: Hughes, Turner of Tarrant, Parker, H.B. No. 3695
Keough, White of Tyler
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence
homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.131(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) A disabled veteran who receives from the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor a rating of 100
percent disabled [disability compensation] due to a
service-connected disability [and a rating of 100 percent disabled]
or of individual unemployability is entitled to an exemption from
taxation of the total appraised value of the veteran's residence
homestead.
SECTION 2. Section 11.131(b), Tax Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to a tax year beginning on or after January 1,
2016.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.