| 1 | | - | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 730 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed February 3, 2017; February 21, 2017, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; |
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| 4 | | - | March 16, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 13, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 1; March 16, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | By: Bettencourt, Lucio S.B. No. 730 |
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| 9 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 6 | | relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of |
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| 12 | 7 | | income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less |
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| 13 | 8 | | than a certain amount. |
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| 14 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 11.145, Tax Code, is |
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| 16 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 12 | | Sec. 11.145. INCOME-PRODUCING TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY |
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| 18 | 13 | | HAVING VALUE OF LESS THAN $2,500 [$500]. |
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| 19 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Section 11.145(a), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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| 20 | 15 | | as follows: |
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| 21 | 16 | | (a) A person is entitled to an exemption from taxation of |
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| 22 | 17 | | the tangible personal property the person owns that is held or used |
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| 23 | 18 | | for the production of income if that property has a taxable value of |
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| 24 | 19 | | less than $2,500 [$500]. |
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| 25 | 20 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies only to ad valorem taxes imposed |
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| 26 | 21 | | for a tax year that begins on or after the effective date of this |
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| 27 | 22 | | Act. |
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| 28 | 23 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |
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