By Brimer H.J.R. No. 43
76R5393 MLS-F
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the maximum size of
1-2 an urban homestead to 10 acres, prescribing permissible uses of
1-3 urban homesteads, and preventing the overburdening of a homestead.
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
1-8 consist of not more than two hundred acres of land, which may be in
1-9 one or more parcels, with the improvements thereon; the homestead
1-10 in a 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, that the homestead in
1-13 a city, town, or village [same] shall be used for the purposes of a
1-14 home[, or as a place to exercise the calling or business] of the
1-15 homestead claimant, whether a single adult person, or the head of a
1-16 family; provided also, that any temporary renting of the homestead
1-17 shall not change the character of the same, when no other homestead
1-18 has been acquired; provided further that a release or refinance of
1-19 an existing lien against a homestead as to a part of the homestead
1-20 does not create an additional burden on the part of the homestead
1-21 property that is unreleased or subject to the refinance, and a new
1-22 lien is not invalid only for that reason.
1-23 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-24 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1999.
2-1 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
2-2 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment increasing the
2-3 maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres, prescribing
2-4 permissible uses of urban homesteads, and preventing the
2-5 overburdening of a homestead."