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SJR 47, 86th 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 member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.

Last action: Committee report sent to Calendars

Author: Donna Campbell
Coauthor: Beverly Powell | Eddie Lucio, Jr. | Larry Taylor | Juan Hinojosa | José Menéndez
Sponsor: Rick Miller

Companion:

HJR 23 (Identical)

Enabling legislation: SB 196

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (TLC)
Introduced (Senate Research Center)

Subjects:
Military & Veterans
Property Interests--Homestead
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts
Taxation--Property-Exemptions

House Committee: Ways & Means (Dustin Burrows, Dwayne Bohac, Sheryl Cole, Ryan Guillen, Trey Martinez Fischer, Jim Murphy, Candy Noble, Eddie Rodriguez, Scott Sanford, Matt Shaheen, John Wray)
Minutes: May 13 2019
Senate Committee: Property Tax (Paul Bettencourt, Brandon Creighton, Kelly Hancock, Juan Hinojosa, Angela Paxton)
Minutes: March 26 2019 | April 2 2019

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