By: Brown S.J.R. No. 45 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. 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.