By Brimer                                             H.J.R. No. 43
       74R2030 MJW-F
                                  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.  Section 51, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
    1-6  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 contiguous lots
   1-11  amounting to not more than 10 acres <one acre> of land, together
   1-12  with any improvements on the land.  Provided<; provided>, that the
   1-13  homestead not in a town or city <same> shall be used for the
   1-14  purposes of a home, or as a place to exercise the calling or
   1-15  business of the homestead claimant, whether a single adult person,
   1-16  or the head of a family; provided further that the homestead in a
   1-17  city, town, or village shall be used only for the purposes of a
   1-18  home.  Provided also, that any temporary renting of the homestead
   1-19  shall not change the character of the same, when no other homestead
   1-20  has been acquired.
   1-21        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-22  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.
   1-23  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
   1-24  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment increasing the maximum
    2-1  size of an urban homestead to 10 acres and prescribing permissible
    2-2  uses of urban and rural homesteads."