By Hamric                                             H.B. No. 3366
         77R7709 JD-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the deferred collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes
 1-3     imposed on the residence homestead of an elderly or disabled
 1-4     person.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 33.06, Tax Code, is
 1-7     amended to read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 33.06.  DEFERRED COLLECTION OF TAXES ON RESIDENCE
 1-9     HOMESTEAD OF ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSON.
1-10           SECTION 2.  Section 33.06(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
1-11     follows:
1-12           (a)  An individual is entitled to defer or abate a suit to
1-13     collect a delinquent tax if the individual:
1-14                 (1)  [he] is disabled, as defined by Section 11.13, or
1-15     is 65 years of age or older; and
1-16                 (2)  [he] owns and occupies as a residence homestead
1-17     the property on which the tax subject to the suit is delinquent.
1-18           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-21     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.