| 1 | 1 | | 85R5204 TJB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Creighton S.B. No. 376 |
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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 limitation on increases in the appraised value of a |
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| 8 | 8 | | residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 23.23(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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| 11 | 11 | | follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 25.18 and |
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| 13 | 13 | | regardless of whether the appraisal office has appraised the |
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| 14 | 14 | | property and determined the market value of the property for the tax |
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| 15 | 15 | | year, an appraisal office may increase the appraised value of a |
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| 16 | 16 | | residence homestead for a tax year to an amount not to exceed the |
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| 17 | 17 | | lesser of: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the market value of the property for the most |
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| 19 | 19 | | recent tax year that the market value was determined by the |
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| 20 | 20 | | appraisal office; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) the sum of: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) the following applicable percentage [10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | percent] of the appraised value of the property for the preceding |
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| 24 | 24 | | tax year: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (i) three percent if the appraised value is |
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| 26 | 26 | | $1 million or less; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (ii) five percent if the appraised value is |
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| 28 | 28 | | more than $1 million; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) the appraised value of the property for the |
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| 30 | 30 | | preceding tax year; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (C) the market value of all new improvements to |
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| 32 | 32 | | the property. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies only to the appraisal for ad |
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| 34 | 34 | | valorem taxation of residence homesteads for a tax year that begins |
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| 35 | 35 | | on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018, but only |
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| 37 | 37 | | if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature, |
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| 38 | 38 | | Regular Session, 2017, to authorize the legislature to set a lower |
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| 39 | 39 | | limit and provide for more than one limit on the maximum appraised |
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| 40 | 40 | | value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation is approved |
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| 41 | 41 | | by the voters. If that amendment is not approved by the voters, |
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| 42 | 42 | | this Act has no effect. |
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