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| 1 | 1 | 89R18112 DRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Schofield H.J.R. No. 215 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 8 | 8 | proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature | |
| 9 | 9 | to provide for a credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed on real | |
| 10 | 10 | property occupied by a person who entered the property without the | |
| 11 | 11 | consent of the owner. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 14 | 14 | adding Section 1-z to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 1-z. The legislature by general law may provide that a | |
| 16 | 16 | person who owns real property that during all or a portion of a tax | |
| 17 | 17 | year is occupied by a person who entered the property without the | |
| 18 | 18 | consent of the owner is entitled to a credit against the ad valorem | |
| 19 | 19 | taxes imposed by a political subdivision on the property. The | |
| 20 | 20 | legislature by general law may provide additional eligibility | |
| 21 | 21 | requirements for receiving a credit under this section and may | |
| 22 | 22 | provide a formula for computing the amount of the credit to which a | |
| 23 | 23 | property owner is entitled. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 25 | 25 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, | |
| 26 | 26 | 2025. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against | |
| 27 | 27 | the proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the | |
| 28 | 28 | legislature to provide for a credit against the ad valorem taxes | |
| 29 | 29 | imposed on real property occupied by a person who entered the | |
| 30 | 30 | property without the consent of the owner." |