84R8584 CJC-D
 
  By: Shaheen H.J.R. No. 89
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option
  exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the
  value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health
  care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment
  from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from
  this state or the federal government, to indigent residents of the
  county.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
  is amended by adding Subsection (r) to read as follows:
         (r)  The commissioners court of a county by official action
  may exempt from ad valorem taxation by the county a percentage, not
  to exceed 50 percent, of the assessed value of the residence
  homestead of a licensed physician who provides health care services
  for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source,
  including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the
  federal government, to indigent residents of the county. The
  exemption is in addition to any other exemptions provided by this
  section. The legislature by general law may impose additional
  eligibility requirements for the exemption.
         SECTION 2.  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 permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing a local
  option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion
  of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides
  health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek
  payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or
  otherwise from this state or the federal government, to indigent
  residents of the county."