BILLS REFERRED TODAY 2005-03-17 SB 18 Williams/ Janek Relating to the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate by a taxing unit other than a school district. Finance SJR 4 Janek/ Williams Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to establish a lower limit on the maximum average annual percentage increase in the appraised value of residence homesteads for ad valorem tax purposes and to authorize the governing body of a taxing unit to determine whether a limit on residence homestead appraisal increases shall apply in the taxing unit. Finance SJR 27 Lucio Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board to provide assistance to economically distressed areas. Rereferred from Natural Resources to International Relations & Trade