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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes imposed on |
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| 8 | 10 | | residence homesteads in certain counties. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 31.031(a), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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| 11 | 13 | | as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (a) This section applies only to: |
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| 13 | 15 | | (1) an individual who is: |
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| 14 | 16 | | (A) disabled or at least 65 years of age; and |
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| 15 | 17 | | (B) qualified for an exemption under Section |
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| 16 | 18 | | 11.13(c); [or] |
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| 17 | 19 | | (2) an individual who is: |
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| 18 | 20 | | (A) a disabled veteran or the unmarried surviving |
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| 19 | 21 | | spouse of a disabled veteran; and |
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| 20 | 22 | | (B) qualified for an exemption under Section |
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| 21 | 23 | | 11.132 or 11.22; or |
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| 22 | 24 | | (3) an individual who is qualified for an exemption |
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| 23 | 25 | | under Section 11.13 for property located in a county with a |
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| 24 | 26 | | population of more than 1.5 million in which more than 75 percent of |
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| 25 | 27 | | the population lives in a single municipality. |
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| 26 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies only to ad valorem taxes imposed |
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| 27 | 29 | | for a tax year beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 28 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022. |
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