80R1624 JD-F
 
  By: Leibowitz H.J.R. No. 16
 
 
 
   
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
to limit the maximum average annual increase in the appraised value
of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to five percent
or more.
       BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 1(i), Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
       (i)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this
section, the Legislature by general law may limit the maximum
average annual percentage increase in the appraised value of
residence homesteads for ad valorem tax purposes to five [10]
percent, or a greater percentage, for each year since the most
recent tax appraisal. A limitation on appraisal increases
authorized by this subsection:
             (1)  takes effect as to a residence homestead on the
later of the effective date of the law imposing the limitation or
January 1 of the tax year following the first tax year the owner
qualifies the property for an exemption under Section 1-b of this
article; and
             (2)  expires on January 1 of the first tax year that
neither the owner of the property when the limitation took effect
nor the owner's spouse or surviving spouse qualifies for an
exemption under Section 1-b of this article.
       SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2007
.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the
legislature to limit the maximum average annual increase in the
appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax
purposes to five percent or more."