| 1 | 1 | | 89R13423 DRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Perez of El Paso H.J.R. No. 159 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature |
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| 9 | 9 | | to prohibit an individual from receiving an exemption from ad |
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| 10 | 10 | | valorem taxation of the individual's residence homestead if the |
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| 11 | 11 | | homestead is occupied by a registered sex offender. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, |
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| 14 | 14 | | is amended by adding Subsection (v) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (v) The legislature by general law may provide that a person |
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| 16 | 16 | | may not receive a residence homestead exemption authorized by this |
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| 17 | 17 | | section in a tax year in which a person who is a registered sex |
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| 18 | 18 | | offender occupies the residence homestead on January 1 of that |
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| 19 | 19 | | year. The legislature by general law may define registered sex |
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| 20 | 20 | | offender for purposes of this subsection. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 22 | 22 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 24 | 24 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the |
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| 25 | 25 | | legislature to prohibit an individual from receiving an exemption |
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| 26 | 26 | | from ad valorem taxation of the individual's residence homestead if |
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| 27 | 27 | | the homestead is occupied by a registered sex offender." |
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