SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Local Government 

TIME & DATE:   10:00 AM, Saturday, July 10, 2021 

PLACE:         E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Paul Bettencourt 

If you plan to provide ORAL TESTIMONY to the Committee, you will fill out a written witness registration card ONLY. These cards will be available at the table in front of the hearing room on the hearing day.

SB 8           Bettencourt | et al.    
Relating to the authority of a person who acquires a residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired.

SB 12          Bettencourt | et al.    
Relating to the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction from the preceding tax year in the district's maximum compressed rate.

SJR 4          Bettencourt | et al.    
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.

Public Testimony:

Oral testimony is limited to 3 minutes. If providing written testimony, bring 20 copies, with your name on each copy, to E1.012. All written testimony will be distributed to the Committee Members after the hearing. Those registering a position-only may do so at any Senate kiosk by the end of the hearing.

· Oral testimony: fill out a paper witness card at the table in front of E1.012 before the hearing.

· Oral and written testimony: fill out a paper witness card in E1.012 and submit your witness card and written testimony to LGC staff.

· Position only: register using the Senate kiosk located in the extension hallways or by going to http://swrs on public-capitol. Kiosk registration will open at 8 a.m. the morning of the hearing.

· Written testimony only: register your position using the Senate kiosk and then bring 20 copies, with your name on each copy, to E1.012 and submit to LGC staff.

For those unable to appear in person, comments may be provided directly to each Committee Member, whose contact information can be found at: www.senate.texas.gov

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