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."