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