By:  Brimer                                           H.J.R. No. 14
       73R1574 MJW-F
                                  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 same shall be used for
   1-12  the purposes of a home, or as a place to exercise the calling or
   1-13  business of the homestead claimant, whether a single adult person,
   1-14  or the head of a family; provided also, that any temporary renting
   1-15  of the homestead shall not change the character of the same, when
   1-16  no other homestead has been acquired.
   1-17        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-18  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
   1-19  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
   1-20  the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment increasing the
   1-21  maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres."