| 1 | 1 | | 85S10082 SMH/TJB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bonnen of Brazoria H.J.R. No. 35 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature |
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| 7 | 7 | | to limit increases in the appraised value of commercial or |
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| 8 | 8 | | industrial real property for ad valorem tax purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (k) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this |
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| 13 | 13 | | section, the Legislature by general law may limit the maximum |
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| 14 | 14 | | appraised value of a parcel of commercial or industrial real |
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| 15 | 15 | | property, as defined by the Legislature, for ad valorem tax |
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| 16 | 16 | | purposes in a tax year to the lesser of the most recent market value |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the property as determined by the appraisal entity or 120 |
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| 18 | 18 | | percent, or a greater percentage, of the appraised value of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | property for the preceding tax year. A limitation on appraised |
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| 20 | 20 | | values authorized by this subsection: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) takes effect as to a parcel of commercial or |
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| 22 | 22 | | industrial real property on the later of the effective date of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | law imposing the limitation or January 1 of the tax year following |
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| 24 | 24 | | the first tax year in which the owner owns the property on January 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | and in which the property qualifies as commercial or industrial |
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| 26 | 26 | | real property; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) expires on January 1 of the tax year following the |
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| 28 | 28 | | first tax year in which the owner of the property ceases to own the |
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| 29 | 29 | | property or the property ceases to qualify as commercial or |
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| 30 | 30 | | industrial real property. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 32 | 32 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. |
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| 33 | 33 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 34 | 34 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the |
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| 35 | 35 | | legislature to limit increases in the appraised value of commercial |
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| 36 | 36 | | or industrial real property for ad valorem tax purposes to 20 |
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| 37 | 37 | | percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the |
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| 38 | 38 | | preceding tax year." |
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