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."