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By:  Shapleigh                                                  S.J.R. No. 14 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature 
to provide ad valorem tax relief to individuals who lease or rent 
their principal residences by rebating a portion of the taxes 
imposed on that residential property.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by 
adding Section 52-c to read as follows:
	Sec. 52-c.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
constitution, to provide ad valorem tax relief, the legislature by 
general law may authorize the state to pay an ad valorem tax rebate 
to an individual who leases or rents as the individual's principal 
residence a residential dwelling unit on which ad valorem taxes are 
imposed.  The legislature may establish procedures for the making 
of payments and requirements for eligibility for a payment and may 
specify the method for determining the amount of the payment an 
individual is eligible to receive.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2005.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 
legislature to provide ad valorem tax relief to individuals who 
lease or rent their principal residences by rebating a portion of 
the taxes imposed on that residential property."