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HJR 16, 78th R.S.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a county, a city or town, or a junior college district to establish an ad valorem tax freeze on residence homesteads of the disabled and of the elderly and their spouses.

Last action: Filed with the Secretary of State

Author: Fred Brown
Joint Author: Betty Brown | Dan Gattis | Norma Chavez | Todd Baxter
Coauthor: Dan Branch | Bob Hunter | Elizabeth Jones | Jose Menendez | Rick Noriega | Chente Quintanilla | Robert Talton | Corbin Van Arsdale | Mike Hamilton | Wayne Christian | Joe Crabb | Bill Keffer | Joseph Pickett | Bob Griggs | Phil King | Ray Allen | Roberto Alonzo | Bill Callegari | Gabi Canales | Warren Chisum | Robert Cook | Frank Corte | Myra Crownover | John Davis | Yvonne Davis | Glenda Dawson | Mary Denny | Joe Deshotel | Joe Driver | Al Edwards | Craig Eiland | Rob Eissler | Dan Ellis | David Farabee | Jessica Farrar | Kino Flores | Dan Flynn | Helen Giddings | Toby Goodman | Tony Goolsby | Peggy Hamric | Rick Hardcastle | Glenn Hegar | Mark Homer | Ruben Hope | Bryan Hughes | Suzanna Hupp | Carl Isett | Jesse Jones | Jim Keffer | Lois Kolkhorst | Edmund Kuempel | Jodie Laubenberg | Vilma Luna | Jerry Madden | Brian McCall | Jim McReynolds | Joe Moreno | Geanie Morrison | Anna Mowery | Elliott Naishtat | Joe Nixon | Rene Oliveira | Aaron Peña | Jim Pitts | Elvira Reyna | Allan Ritter | Eddie Rodriguez | Jim Solis | Burt Solomons | Larry Taylor | Senfronia Thompson | Sylvester Turner | George West | Miguel Wise | Arlene Wohlgemuth | Martha Wong | Bill Zedler | Jaime Capelo | Linda Harper-Brown
Sponsor: Jane Nelson

Remarks: Enabling legislation is HB 136.

Session Law Chapter: Acts 2003, 78th R.S., HJR 16

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (House Research Organization)
Enrolled (Senate Research Center)
Engrossed (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (Senate Research Center)

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

House Committee: Local Government Ways and Means (Fred Hill, Glenn Hegar, Jodie Laubenberg, Jim McReynolds, Anna Mowery, Robert Puente, Chente Quintanilla)
Minutes: March 13 2003 | April 14 2003
Senate Committee: Finance (Teel Bivins, Steve Ogden, Kip Averitt, Gonzalo Barrientos, Kim Brimer, Bob Deuell, Robert Duncan, Kyle Janek, Jane Nelson, Florence Shapiro, Eliot Shapleigh, Todd Staples, Royce West, John Whitmire, Tommy Williams, Judith Zaffirini)
Minutes: May 22 2003

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