Bill:  SJR 11 
Legislative Session: 79(2)
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Last Action:08/10/2005 H Referred to Property Tax Relief, Select
Caption Version:Engrossed
Caption Text:Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a maximum tax rate of $1.25 per $100 of taxable value for school district ad valorem taxes imposed for maintenance purposes, providing that an ad valorem tax imposed by a school district is not a state ad valorem tax, increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes to $22,500, and reducing the limitation on the total amount of taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount and reductions in school district ad valorem tax rates.
Author:Ogden
Subjects:Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments (I0661)
Taxation--School District (I0785)
Senate Committee:Finance
Status:Out of committee
Vote:Ayes=10   Nays=1   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=4
House Committee:Property Tax Relief, Select
Status:In committee
Actions: (ascending date order)
Viewing Votes: Most Recent Senate Vote
Description Comment Date       Time       Journal Page
S   Received by the Secretary of the Senate      08/03/2005    
S   Filed      08/03/2005    
S   Read first time      08/04/2005     26
S   Referred to Finance      08/04/2005     26
S   Posting rule suspended      08/04/2005     26
S   Considered in public hearing      08/04/2005    
S   Testimony taken in committee      08/04/2005    
S   Reported favorably w/o amendments      08/05/2005     28
S   Committee report printed and distributed       08/05/2005   04:20 PM 
S   Rules suspended      08/09/2005     79
S   Rules suspended-Regular order of business      08/09/2005     80
S   Record vote      08/09/2005     80
S   Read 2nd time      08/09/2005     80
S   Amendment(s) offered   FA1 Barrientos   08/09/2005     80
S   Amendment to amendment offered   FA2 Wentworth   08/09/2005     82
S   Motion to table fails      08/09/2005     82
S   Record vote      08/09/2005     82
S   Amendment amended      08/09/2005     83
S   Vote recorded in Journal      08/09/2005     83
S   Amendment adopted as amended   FA1 Barrientos   08/09/2005     83
S   Vote recorded in Journal      08/09/2005     83
S   Amendment(s) offered   FA3 Shapleigh   08/09/2005     83
S   Amended      08/09/2005     83
S   Vote recorded in Journal      08/09/2005     83
S   Rules suspended      08/09/2005     83
S   Record vote      08/09/2005     83
S   Adopted as amended      08/09/2005     84
S   Record vote      08/09/2005     84
H   Received from the Senate      08/10/2005     190
H   Read first time      08/10/2005     189
H   Referred to Property Tax Relief, Select      08/10/2005     189