1-1 By: Ritter (Senate Sponsor - Bernsen) H.B. No. 2757 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001; 1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2001, reported favorably, as 1-5 amended, by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent 1-6 to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Lindsay 1-8 Amend H.B. 2757, by adding on page 1, line 26, after the 1-9 word, "items", the following words, "solely for wholesale 1-10 purposes", and by adding on page 1, line 31, after the words, 1-11 "Section 23.42", the following words: "and the person who owns the 1-12 land is not using it in conjunction with or contiguous to land 1-13 being used to conduct retail sales of florist items." 1-14 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-15 AN ACT 1-16 relating to the designation of certain land that includes a 1-17 greenhouse as agricultural land for ad valorem tax appraisal 1-18 purposes. 1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-20 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 23, Tax Code, is amended by 1-21 adding Section 23.425 to read as follows: 1-22 Sec. 23.425. ELIGIBILITY OF LAND USED FOR GROWING FLORIST 1-23 ITEMS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to land: 1-24 (1) that is located in a county with a population of 1-25 35,000 or less; and 1-26 (2) on which a greenhouse for growing florist items is 1-27 located. 1-28 (b) A person who owns land described by Subsection (a) is 1-29 entitled to have the land designated for agricultural use under 1-30 this subchapter if the land otherwise qualifies for the designation 1-31 under Section 23.42. For purposes of Section 23.41, a greenhouse 1-32 described by Subsection (a)(2) is an appurtenance to the land. 1-33 (c) In this section: 1-34 (1) "Florist item" has the meaning assigned by Section 1-35 71.041, Agriculture Code. 1-36 (2) "Greenhouse" means a building or permanent 1-37 structure that is enclosed with a nonporous covering and is 1-38 designed or constructed for growing plants in a protected or 1-39 climate-controlled environment. 1-40 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2002, and 1-41 applies to a tax year that begins on or after that date. 1-42 * * * * *