By: Canales, Moody, Collier H.B. No. 217
        (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;
  April 24, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Finance; May 2, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 14, Nays 0; May 2, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of certain persons to defer or abate the
  collection of ad valorem taxes on a person's residence homestead.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 33.06, Tax Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.06.  DEFERRED COLLECTION OF TAXES ON RESIDENCE
  HOMESTEAD OF ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSON OR DISABLED VETERAN.
         SECTION 2.  Section 33.06(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (a)  An individual is entitled to defer collection of a tax,
  abate a suit to collect a delinquent tax, or abate a sale to
  foreclose a tax lien if:
               (1)  the individual:
                     (A) [(1)]  is 65 years of age or older;
                     (B)  [or] is disabled as defined by Section
  11.13(m); or
                     (C)  is qualified to receive an exemption under
  Section 11.22; and
               (2)  the tax was imposed against property that the
  individual owns and occupies as a residence homestead.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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