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| 1 | 1 | 84R7393 CJC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Farias H.J.R. No. 84 | |
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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 the total assessed value of the | |
| 8 | 8 | residence homestead of a veteran or current member of the armed | |
| 9 | 9 | services of the United States while the veteran or current service | |
| 10 | 10 | member participates in a veterans court program. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | adding Section 1-s to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 1-s. The legislature by general law may exempt from ad | |
| 15 | 15 | valorem taxation the total assessed value of the residence | |
| 16 | 16 | homestead of a veteran or current member of the armed services of | |
| 17 | 17 | the United States who is a participant in a veterans court program | |
| 18 | 18 | during the period in which the veteran or current service member | |
| 19 | 19 | participates in the program. The legislature by general law may | |
| 20 | 20 | provide additional eligibility requirements for the exemption. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 22 | 22 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | |
| 23 | 23 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 24 | 24 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | |
| 25 | 25 | legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total assessed | |
| 26 | 26 | value of the residence homestead of a veteran or current member of | |
| 27 | 27 | the armed services of the United States while the veteran or current | |
| 28 | 28 | service member participates in a veterans court program." |