By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 762
(In the Senate - Filed February 25, 2015; February 25, 2015,
read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
April 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 12,
Nays 0; April 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of
income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less
than a certain amount.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 11.145, Tax Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 11.145. INCOME-PRODUCING TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY
HAVING VALUE OF LESS THAN $2,500 [$500].
SECTION 2. Section 11.145(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) A person is entitled to an exemption from taxation of
the tangible personal property the person owns that is held or used
for the production of income if that property has a taxable value of
less than $2,500 [$500].
SECTION 3. This Act applies only to ad valorem taxes imposed
for an ad valorem tax year that begins on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
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