Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB115 Introduced / Bill

Filed 11/09/2020

                    87R2503 TJB-D
 By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 115


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain
 property owned by a charitable organization and used in providing
 housing and related services to certain homeless individuals.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 11.18(p), Tax Code, is amended to read as
 follows:
 (p)  The exemption authorized by Subsection (d)(23) applies
 only to property that:
 (1)  is owned by a charitable organization that has
 been in existence for at least 12 years;
 (2)  is used to provide housing and related services to
 individuals described by that subsection; and
 (3)  is located [on or consists of a single campus] in a
 municipality with a population of more than 750,000 and less than
 850,000 or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of such a
 municipality.
 SECTION 2.  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, 2022.