SB 259, 70th R.S. history

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SB 259, 70th R.S.
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran.

Last action: Filed with the Secretary of State

Author: Leticia Van de Putte
Joint Author: Wendy Davis | Bob Deuell | Rodney Ellis | Juan Hinojosa | Eddie Lucio, Jr. | José Rodríguez | Carlos Uresti | Kirk Watson | Judith Zaffirini
Coauthor: Mario Gallegos, Jr. | Tommy Williams
Sponsor: Charles "Doc" Anderson
Joint Sponsor: Joseph Pickett | Ruth McClendon | Joe Farias | J. M. Lozano

Companion:

HJR 76 (Identical)

Enabling legislation: SB 357 SB 516

Bill Analyses:
Introduced (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (Senate Research Center)
Engrossed (Office of House Bill Analysis)

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)
Senate Committee: Finance (Steve Ogden, Tommy Williams, Bob Deuell, Robert Duncan, Kevin Eltife, Craig Estes, Juan Hinojosa, Eddie Lucio, Jr., Jane Nelson, Dan Patrick, Kel Seliger, Florence Shapiro, Royce West, John Whitmire, Judith Zaffirini)

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