By Brimer H.J.R. No. 14
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the maximum size of
1-2 an urban homestead to 10 acres and prescribing permissible uses of
1-3 urban and rural homesteads.
1-4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article XVI, Section 51, of the Texas
1-6 Constitution is amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 51. The homestead, not in a town or city, shall consist
1-8 of not more than two hundred acres of land, which may be in one or
1-9 more parcels, with the improvements thereon; the homestead in a
1-10 city, town, or village, shall consist of lot or lots amounting to
1-11 not more than 10 acres <one acre> of land, together with any
1-12 improvements on the land. Provided<; provided>, that the homestead
1-13 not in a town or city <same> shall be used for the purposes of a
1-14 home, or as a place to exercise the calling or business of the
1-15 homestead claimant, whether a single adult person, or the head of a
1-16 family; provided further that the homestead in a city, town, or
1-17 village shall be used only for the purposes of a home. Provided
1-18 also, that any temporary renting of the homestead shall not change
1-19 the character of the same, when no other homestead has been
1-20 acquired.
1-21 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-22 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
1-23 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
1-24 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment increasing the
2-1 maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres."