HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Ways & Means
TIME & DATE:
10:00 AM, Tuesday, April 20, 2010
PLACE:
JHR 140
CHAIR:
Rep. Rene Oliveira
 
I.  Examine the state's major tax exemptions to determine how the current
costs and benefits compare with the original legislative objectives.
 
A.  Certain Property Tax Exemptions
 
*§11.13   Residence Homestead:  Specifically local school district
option.
*§11.146  Mineral Interest Property Valued at Less than $500
*§11.16   Farm Products
*§11.161  Implements of Husbandry
*§11.23   Miscellaneous Exemptions:  Specifically - Nature Conservancy of
Texas, County Fair Associations, Congress of Parents and
Teachers, Private Enterprise Demonstration
Associations, and Bison/Buffalo/and Cattalo
*§§11.251, 11.437 Freeport Property & Cotton Stored in a Warehouse
*§11.253(b)Tangible Personal Property in Transit
*§11.27   Solar and Wind Energy Devices
*§11.271  Offshore Drilling Equipment Not in Use
*§11.29   Inter coastal Waterway Dredge Disposal Site
*§11.32   Certain Water Conservation Initiatives
*§11.33   Raw Cocoa and Green Coffee Held in Harris County
*§§23.41, 23.52, 23.73, and 23.9803 Special Appraisal for Agricultural
Open-space Land and Timber Land
 
B.  §11.31 Pollution Control Property / Proposition 2
 
C.  Chapter 311 Tax Increment Financing Act
 
D.  Chapter 313 Texas Economic Development
 
* Please notify the committee if you plan to testify.  463-0822
* Any written testimony should be submitted to the committee by April 16.