SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:    Finance-S/C on Fiscal Matters 

TIME & DATE:  12:25 PM, Tuesday, March 26, 2013 

PLACE:        Senator Hegar's Desk 
CHAIR:        Senator Glenn Hegar 

 

 

To consider the following pending business:

 

SB 163        Van de Putte
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed in action.

SB 446        Eltife
Relating to allowable transfers to the Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission of proceeds from the taxes on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods.

SB 485        Ellis
Relating to the sales tax exemption period for clothing and footwear.

SB 489        Paxton
Relating to the authority of a taxing unit other than a school district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the taxing unit may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

SB 546        Williams | et al.
Relating to continuing education requirements and a registration exemption for county tax assessor-collectors.

SB 657        Paxton
Relating to procedural requirements for adopting and filing a school district budget and voting requirements for setting a property tax rate by the governing body of a taxing unit, including a school district.

SB 908        Schwertner
Relating to a study regarding the fiscal effect of tax-exempt state property on school districts.

SB 1076       Hegar
Relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board hearing shall be closed to the public.

SB 1224       Taylor
Relating to the use by a property owner of a common or contract carrier to send a payment, report, application, statement, or other document or paper to a taxing unit or taxing official.

SB 1255       Patrick
Relating to binding arbitration of an appraisal review board order determining a protest of an unequal appraisal of the owner's property.

SB 1256       Patrick
Relating to the requirements for a sale to be considered a comparable sale for ad valorem tax purposes.

SJR 16        Van de Putte
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed in action.

SJR 32        Paxton
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a political subdivision other than a school district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the political subdivision may impose on the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.