Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1961 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/07/2019

                            86R12844 LHC-D
 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1961


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain
 property used to provide low-income or moderate-income housing.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 11.1825(s), Tax Code, is amended to read
 as follows:
 (s)  Unless otherwise provided by the governing body of a
 taxing unit any part of which is located in a county with a
 population of at least 1.8 million under Subsection (x), for
 property described by Subsection (f)(1), the amount of the
 exemption under this section from taxation is 100 [50] percent of
 the appraised value of the property.
 SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
 to an ad valorem tax year that begins on or after the effective date
 of this Act.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2020.