SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature

 1-2     to permit a taxing unit to grant an exemption or other relief from

 1-3     ad valorem taxes on property on which a water conservation

 1-4     initiative has been implemented.

 1-5           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-6           SECTION 1.  Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by

 1-7     adding Section 1-m to read as follows:

 1-8           Sec. 1-m.  The legislature by general law may authorize a

 1-9     taxing unit to grant an exemption or other relief from ad valorem

1-10     taxes on property on which a water conservation initiative has been

1-11     implemented.

1-12           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

1-13     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997.

1-14     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

1-15     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to authorize the

1-16     legislature to permit a taxing unit to grant an exemption or other

1-17     relief from ad valorem taxes on property on which a water

1-18     conservation initiative has been implemented."

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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 45 was adopted by the Senate

         on May 5, 1997, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.

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                                                 Secretary of the Senate

               I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 45 was adopted by the House

         on May 23, 1997, by the following vote:  Yeas 120, Nays 0, two

         present not voting.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House