H.J.R. No. 34
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a
portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a
disaster.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The Legislature by general law may provide that a person
who owns property located in an area declared by the governor to be
a disaster area following a disaster is entitled to a temporary
exemption from ad valorem taxation by a political subdivision of a
portion of the appraised value of that property. The general law
may provide that if the governor first declares territory in the
political subdivision to be a disaster area as a result of a
disaster on or after the date the political subdivision adopts a tax
rate for the tax year in which the declaration is issued, a person
is entitled to the exemption authorized by this subsection for that
tax year only if the exemption is adopted by the governing body of
the political subdivision. The Legislature by general law may
prescribe the method of determining the amount of the exemption
authorized by this subsection and the duration of the exemption and
may provide additional eligibility requirements for the exemption.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem
taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property
damaged by a disaster."
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.J.R. No. 34 was passed by the House on April
17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.J.R. No. 34 on May 23, 2019, by a non-record vote and requested
the appointment of a conference committee to consider the
differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the
conference committee report on H.J.R. No. 34 on May 26, 2019, by the
following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.J.R. No. 34 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.J.R.
No. 34 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
RECEIVED: __________________
Date
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Secretary of State