By Ramsay H.B. No. 887 77R3039 SMH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the application for an exemption from ad valorem 1-3 taxation on the homestead of a person who is 65 or older. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 11.43, Tax Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Subsections (l) and (m) to read as follows: 1-7 (l) An application form for an exemption under Section 11.13 1-8 must include a space on which the applicant may indicate the 1-9 applicant's date of birth, even if the applicant's age is not 1-10 required to determine the applicant's eligibility for the exemption 1-11 for which the application is made. 1-12 (m) If a person receiving an exemption under Section 1-13 11.13(a) or (b) attains the age of 65 according to the person's 1-14 date of birth as stated on the person's application for the 1-15 exemption, the chief appraiser, not later than December 31 of the 1-16 tax year in which the person attains that age, shall mail to the 1-17 person an application for an exemption under Section 11.13(c) or 1-18 (d) for a person who is 65 years of age or older. This subsection 1-19 applies only to a person who applied for the exemption under 1-20 Section 11.13(a) or (b) on or after September 1, 2001, and who 1-21 stated the person's date of birth on that application. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.