81R1845 UM-F
	By: McReynolds	H.B. No. 1132

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to
	which a disabled veteran is entitled based on disability rating.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.22(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	(a)  A disabled veteran is entitled to an exemption from
	taxation of a portion of the assessed value of a property the
	veteran owns and designates as provided by Subsection (f) [of this
	section] in accordance with the following schedule:
	for a disability rating of
	an exemption of
	up to: at least: but less [not greater] than:
	$5,000 of the 10% 30%
	assessed value
	7,500 30 [31] 50
	10,000 50 [51] 70
	12,000 70 [71] and over
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.