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| 1 | 1 | 85R9255 TJB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Neave H.J.R. No. 108 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | |
| 7 | 7 | to limit for a temporary period the total amount of ad valorem taxes | |
| 8 | 8 | that may be imposed by a political subdivision on a residence | |
| 9 | 9 | homestead rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result of a | |
| 10 | 10 | natural disaster. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, | |
| 13 | 13 | is amended by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (p) The legislature by general law may provide that for a | |
| 15 | 15 | temporary period following a natural disaster the total amount of | |
| 16 | 16 | ad valorem taxes imposed on a residence homestead by a political | |
| 17 | 17 | subdivision may not exceed the amount of taxes the political | |
| 18 | 18 | subdivision imposed on the property in the year in which the | |
| 19 | 19 | property was rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result of the | |
| 20 | 20 | disaster. The legislature by general law may prescribe | |
| 21 | 21 | requirements for eligibility for a tax limitation authorized by | |
| 22 | 22 | this subsection and procedures for the administration of this | |
| 23 | 23 | subsection. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 25 | 25 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. | |
| 26 | 26 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 27 | 27 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | |
| 28 | 28 | legislature to limit for a temporary period the total amount of ad | |
| 29 | 29 | valorem taxes that may be imposed by a political subdivision on a | |
| 30 | 30 | residence homestead rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result | |
| 31 | 31 | of a natural disaster." |