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| 1 | 1 | 86R15221 SMT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bohac H.J.R. No. 142 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | |
| 7 | 7 | to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a | |
| 8 | 8 | portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a | |
| 9 | 9 | disaster. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 2, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (e) The Legislature by general law may provide that a person | |
| 14 | 14 | who owns property located in an area declared by the governor to be | |
| 15 | 15 | a disaster area following a disaster is entitled to a temporary | |
| 16 | 16 | exemption from ad valorem taxation by a political subdivision of a | |
| 17 | 17 | portion of the appraised value of that property. The Legislature by | |
| 18 | 18 | general law may prescribe the method of determining the amount of | |
| 19 | 19 | the exemption authorized by this subsection and the duration of the | |
| 20 | 20 | exemption and may provide additional eligibility requirements for | |
| 21 | 21 | the exemption. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 23 | 23 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | |
| 24 | 24 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 25 | 25 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | |
| 26 | 26 | legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem | |
| 27 | 27 | taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property | |
| 28 | 28 | damaged by a disaster." |