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SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:    Finance 

TIME & DATE:  6:30 PM or upon adjournment/recess
Friday, May 17, 2013 

PLACE:        2E.20 (Betty King Cmte. Rm.) 
CHAIR:        Senator Tommy Williams 

 

 

Subcommittee Reports:

 

HB 97         Perry | et al.          SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a partially disabled veteran if the residence homestead was donated to the disabled veteran by a charitable organization and to the eligibility of the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on school district ad valorem taxes on the person's residence homestead.

HB 315        Otto                    SP: Estes
Relating to the applicability of the law governing the ad valorem taxation of a dealer's motor vehicle inventory.

HB 585        Villarreal | et al.     SP: Eltife
Relating to ad valorem taxation; creating an offense.

HB 697        Springer | et al.       SP: Duncan
Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain items sold by school booster clubs and support organizations; authorizing a sales and use tax exemption.

HB 709        Isaac                   SP: Deuell
Relating to ad valorem tax payments and refunds.

HB 826        Harless                 SP: Eltife
Relating to the definitions of certain terms for purposes of the ad valorem taxation of certain dealer's heavy equipment inventory.

HB 1511       Larson                  SP: Eltife
Relating to the rates of sales and use taxes imposed by municipalities; authorizing an increase or decrease in the rate of those taxes.

HB 1712       Lozano | et al.         SP: Zaffirini
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem and sales and use taxes for property used in connection with an offshore spill response containment system.

HB 2500       Bohac | et al.          SP: Watson
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of solar energy property.

HB 2636       Frullo | et al.         SP: Duncan
Relating to the transfer of money from the tax increment fund established for a tax increment financing reinvestment zone to the fund established for an adjacent zone.

HB 2684       Button | et al.         SP: Hinojosa
Relating to an exemption from the franchise tax for certain political subdivision corporations.

HB 2712       Perez | et al.          SP: Taylor
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of energy storage systems used for the control of air pollution in a nonattainment area.

HB 2766       Hunter                  SP: Whitmire
Relating to the exclusion of certain flow-through funds in determining total revenue for purposes of the franchise tax.

HB 2792       Elkins                  SP: Hegar
Relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board hearing shall be closed to the public.

HB 3086       Darby                   SP: Huffman
Relating to an optional exemption from the diesel fuel tax for materials blended with taxable diesel fuel.

HB 3169       Bohac                   SP: Lucio
Relating to the imposition of the sales and use tax on taxable items sold or provided under certain contracts.

HB 3438       Otto | et al.           SP: Lucio
Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district.

HB 3439       Otto | et al.           SP: Lucio
Relating to the representation of a property owner by an agent in a property tax matter.

HB 3536       Otto | et al.           SP: Hinojosa
Relating to imposing a fee on the sale of cigarettes and cigarette tobacco products manufactured by certain companies; providing penalties; changing the rate of the tax on chewing tobacco.

HB 3572       Hilderbran | et al.     SP: Williams
Relating to the administration, collection, and enforcement of taxes on mixed beverages; imposing a tax on sales of mixed beverages; decreasing the rate of the current tax on mixed beverages.

HJR 24        Perry | et al.          SP: Van de Putte
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the market value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a partially disabled veteran if the residence homestead was donated to the disabled veteran by a charitable organization.