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1		-	H.J.R. No. 34
	1	+	By: Shine, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) H.J.R. No. 34
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
	3	+	May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Property
	4	+	Tax; May 17, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 17, 2019,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.J.R. No. 34 By: Bettencourt
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4		-	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	11	+	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
5	12		proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
6	13		to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a
7	14		portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a
8	15		disaster.
9	16		BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	17		SECTION 1. Section 2, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is
11	18		amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
12	19		(e) The Legislature by general law may provide that a person
13	20		who owns property located in an area declared by the governor to be
14	21		a disaster area following a disaster is entitled to a temporary
15	22		exemption from ad valorem taxation by a political subdivision of a
16		-	portion of the appraised value of that property. The general law
17		-	may provide that if the governor first declares territory in the
18		-	political subdivision to be a disaster area as a result of a
19		-	disaster on or after the date the political subdivision adopts a tax
20		-	rate for the tax year in which the declaration is issued, a person
21		-	is entitled to the exemption authorized by this subsection for that
22		-	tax year only if the exemption is adopted by the governing body of
23		-	the political subdivision. The Legislature by general law may
24		-	prescribe the method of determining the amount of the exemption
25		-	authorized by this subsection and the duration of the exemption and
26		-	may provide additional eligibility requirements for the exemption.
	23	+	portion of the appraised value of that property. The Legislature by
	24	+	general law may prescribe the method of determining the amount of
	25	+	the exemption authorized by this subsection and the duration of the
	26	+	exemption and may provide additional eligibility requirements for
	27	+	the exemption.
27	28		SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
28	29		submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019.
29	30		The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
30	31		proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
31	32		legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem
32	33		taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property
33	34		damaged by a disaster."
34		-	______________________________ ______________________________
35		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
36		-	I certify that H.J.R. No. 34 was passed by the House on April
37		-	17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
38		-	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
39		-	H.J.R. No. 34 on May 23, 2019, by a non-record vote and requested
40		-	the appointment of a conference committee to consider the
41		-	differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the
42		-	conference committee report on H.J.R. No. 34 on May 26, 2019, by the
43		-	following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not voting.
44		-	______________________________
45		-	Chief Clerk of the House
46		-	I certify that H.J.R. No. 34 was passed by the Senate, with
47		-	amendments, on May 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
48		-	0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
49		-	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
50		-	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.J.R.
51		-	No. 34 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
52		-	______________________________
53		-	Secretary of the Senate
54		-	RECEIVED: __________________
55		-	Date
56		-	__________________
57		-	Secretary of State
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