84R23050 LEH-D
 
  By: Sheets, et al. H.J.R. No. 67
 
  Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 67:
 
  By:  Parker C.S.H.J.R. No. 67
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
  to exempt from ad valorem taxation a percentage of the assessed
  value of property owned by certain disabled veterans.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2(b), Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The legislature by general law [Legislature] may[, by
  general law,] exempt property owned by a disabled veteran or by the
  surviving spouse and surviving minor children of a disabled
  veteran. A disabled veteran is a veteran of the armed services of
  the United States who is classified as disabled by the United States
  Department of Veterans Affairs [Veterans' Administration] or by a
  successor to that agency or by the military service in which the
  veteran served. A veteran who is certified as having a disability of
  less than 10 percent is not entitled to an exemption. A veteran
  having a disability rating of not less than 10 percent but less than
  30 percent may be granted an exemption from taxation for property of
  7.91 percent of the assessed value of the property [valued at up to
  $5,000]. A veteran having a disability rating of not less than 30
  percent but less than 50 percent may be granted an exemption from
  taxation for property of 11.86 percent of the assessed value of the
  property [valued at up to $7,500]. A veteran having a disability
  rating of not less than 50 percent but less than 70 percent may be
  granted an exemption from taxation for property of 15.82 percent of
  the assessed value of the property [valued at up to $10,000]. A
  veteran who has a disability rating of 70 percent or more, or a
  veteran who has a disability rating of not less than 10 percent and
  has attained the age of 65, or a disabled veteran whose disability
  consists of the loss or loss of use of one or more limbs, total
  blindness in one or both eyes, or paraplegia, may be granted an
  exemption from taxation for property of 18.98 percent of the
  assessed value of the property [valued at up to $12,000]. The
  spouse and children of any member of the United States Armed Forces
  who dies while on active duty may be granted an exemption from
  taxation for property valued at up to $5,000. A deceased disabled
  veteran's surviving spouse and children may be granted an exemption
  which in the aggregate is equal to the dollar amount of the 
  exemption to which the veteran was entitled when the veteran died.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2(d), Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
  is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015.
  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
  legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a percentage of the
  assessed value of property owned by certain disabled veterans."