Bill:  HB 136 
Legislative Session: 78(R) Council Document: 78R 766 JD-D
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Last Action:06/20/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption Version:Enrolled
Caption Text:Relating to limiting the amount of county, municipal, or junior college district ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the residence homesteads of the disabled and of the elderly and their surviving spouses.
Author:Brown, Fred | Brown, Betty | Gattis | McClendon | Chavez
Coauthor:Allen | Alonzo | Baxter | Bohac | Branch | Callegari | Chisum | Christian | Cook, Robby | Corte | Crabb | Crownover | Davis, John | Davis, Yvonne | Dawson | Denny | Deshotel | Driver | Dutton | Edwards | Eiland | Eissler | Ellis, Dan | Farabee | Farrar | Flores | Flynn | Giddings | Goodman | Goolsby | Griggs | Guillen | Gutierrez | Hamilton | Hardcastle | Harper-Brown | Hegar | Homer | Hope | Hughes | Hunter | Hupp | Isett | Jones, Elizabeth | Jones, Jesse | Keel | Keffer, Bill | Keffer, Jim | King | Kolkhorst | Kuempel | Laubenberg | Luna | Madden | McCall | McReynolds | Menendez | Merritt | Moreno, Joe E. | Morrison | Mowery | Naishtat | Nixon | Noriega | Oliveira | Pena | Pickett | Pitts | Quintanilla | Reyna | Riddle | Ritter | Rodriguez | Solis | Solomons | Stick | Talton | Taylor | Telford | Thompson | Turner | Van Arsdale | West, George "Buddy" | Wise | Wohlgemuth | Wong | Zedler
Sponsor:Nelson
Subjects:Aging (I0015)
Disabilities, Persons with (I0380)
Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)
Taxation--City (I0775)
Taxation--County (I0780)
Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)
Remarks:Enabling legislation for HJR 16. This Act takes effect January 1, 2004, if the constitutional amendment (HJR 16, 78th Legislature) is approved by the voters. If the amendment is not approved, the Act has no effect.
House Committee:Local Government Ways and Means
Status:Out of committee
Vote:Ayes=7   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=0
Senate Committee:Finance
Status:Out of committee
Vote:Ayes=13   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=2
Actions: (ascending date order)
Description Comment Date       Time       Journal Page
 Filed      11/12/2002    
 Read first time      02/03/2003     204
 Referred to Local Government Ways and Means      02/03/2003     204
 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . .      03/13/2003    
 Considered in public hearing      03/13/2003    
 Testimony taken in committee      03/13/2003    
 Left pending in committee      03/13/2003    
 Considered in public hearing      04/14/2003    
 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)      04/14/2003    
 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator      04/22/2003     1776
 Committee report printed and distributed       04/23/2003   12:35 PM 
 Committee report sent to Calendars      04/24/2003    
 Considered in Calendars      04/30/2003    
 Placed on General State Calendar      05/02/2003    
 Read 2nd time      05/02/2003     2306
 Amended   1-Gutierrez   05/02/2003     2306
 Amended   2-Gutierrez   05/02/2003     2307
 Passed to engrossment as amended      05/02/2003     2309
 Record vote   RV#470   05/02/2003     2309
 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      05/02/2003     2309
 Read 3rd time      05/05/2003     2380
 Passed      05/05/2003     2380
 Record vote   RV#484   05/05/2003     2380
 Reported engrossed       05/05/2003   05:41 PM  2514
 Received from the House      05/06/2003     1348
 Read first time      05/08/2003     1476
 Referred to Finance      05/08/2003     1476
 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/22/2003    
 Considered in public hearing      05/22/2003    
 Testimony taken in committee      05/22/2003    
 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/23/2003    
 Reported favorably w/o amendments      05/23/2003     2339
 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar      05/23/2003    
 Committee report printed and distributed       05/25/2003   02:25 AM 
 Placed on local & uncontested calendar      05/27/2003    
 Laid before the Senate      05/28/2003     2744
 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading      05/28/2003     2744
 Three day rule suspended      05/28/2003     2744
 Record vote      05/28/2003     2744
 Read 3rd time      05/28/2003     2744
 Passed      05/28/2003     2744
 Record vote      05/28/2003     2744
 Senate passage reported      05/28/2003     4611
 Reported enrolled       05/29/2003   08:15 AM  5466
 Signed in the House      05/29/2003     4861
 Signed in the Senate      05/31/2003     4361
 Sent to the Governor      05/31/2003     6608
 Signed by the Governor      06/20/2003     6671
 See remarks for effective date      06/20/2003