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HJR 56, 83rd Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes from $15,000 to $45,000 and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount.

Last action: Referred to Ways & Means

Author: Armando Martinez

Enabling legislation: HB 368

Subjects:
Aging
Disabilities, Persons with
Property Interests--Homestead
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
Taxation--Property-Exemptions
Taxation--School District

House Committee: Ways & Means (Harvey Hilderbran, Dwayne Bohac, Angie Button, Craig Eiland, Naomi Gonzalez, Celia Israel, Trey Martinez Fischer, John Otto, Allan Ritter, Mark Strama)

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