LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                             February 6, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Rene Oliveira, Chair, House Committee on Ways &
               Means
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB887  by Ramsay (Relating to the application for an
               exemption from ad valorem taxation on the homestead of a
               person who is 65 or older.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend Section 11.43 of the Tax Code to require that the
application form for a homestead exemption include a space in which the
applicant could indicate his or her date of birth.  Chief appraisers
would be required to mail to persons turning 65, as determined from the
above form, a homestead exemption application form to allow the person
to qualify for the 65-and-over homestead exemption.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, SD, BR