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HJR 52, 82nd R.S.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran in an amount equal to the amount of the residence homestead exemption to which the disabled veteran was entitled on the same property.

Last action: Left pending in committee

Author: Ruth McClendon
Coauthor: Lance Gooden | Ken Legler | Sid Miller

Companion:

HJR 48 (Duplicate)
SJR 21 (Similar)

Enabling legislation: HB 526 HB 576

Subjects:
Disabilities, Persons with
Military & Veterans
Property Interests--Homestead
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
Taxation--Property-Exemptions

House Committee: Ways & Means (Harvey Hilderbran, Wayne Christian, Gary Elkins, Naomi Gonzalez, Lanham Lyne, Trey Martinez Fischer, Jim Murphy, John Otto, Allan Ritter, Mike Villarreal, Beverly Woolley) Minutes: May 2 2011

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