By:  Brown                                            S.J.R. No. 45

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                               SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to exemptions or

 1-2     other relief from ad valorem taxes on property upon which approved

 1-3     water conservation initiatives have been implemented.

 1-4           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 1, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is

 1-6     amended by adding a new Section 1-m to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 1-m.  WATER CONSERVATION INITIATIVES.  The legislature

 1-8     by general law may authorize counties, cities, towns, and other

 1-9     taxing units to grant exemptions or other relief from ad valorem

1-10     taxes on property so designated by the taxing unit as property upon

1-11     which approved water conservation initiatives have been

1-12     implemented.

1-13           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

1-14     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997.

1-15     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

1-16     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment relating to an

1-17     exemption of all or part of the assessed value of property upon

1-18     which approved water conservation initiatives have been

1-19     implemented."

1-20           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-21     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-1     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-2     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-3     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.