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."