86R5055 TJB-D
 
  By: West S.J.R. No. 73
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing
  body of a political subdivision that adopts an exemption from ad
  valorem taxation of a percentage of the market value of an
  individual's residence homestead to set the minimum dollar amount
  of the exemption to which an individual is entitled in a tax year.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1-b(e), Article VIII, Texas
  Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
         (e)  The governing body of a political subdivision[, other
  than a county education district,] may exempt from ad valorem
  taxation a percentage of the market value of the residence
  homestead of a married or unmarried adult, including one living
  alone.  [In the manner provided by law, the voters of a county
  education district at an election held for that purpose may exempt
  from ad valorem taxation a percentage of the market value of the
  residence homestead of a married or unmarried adult, including one
  living alone.] The percentage may not exceed twenty
  percent.  However, the amount of an exemption authorized pursuant
  to this subsection may not be less than $5,000 unless the
  legislature by general law prescribes other monetary restrictions
  on the amount of the exemption or authorizes the governing body of a
  political subdivision to adopt a dollar amount greater than
  $5,000.  The legislature by general law may prohibit the governing
  body of a political subdivision that adopts an exemption under this
  subsection from reducing the amount of or repealing the
  exemption.  An eligible adult is entitled to receive other
  applicable exemptions provided by law.  Where ad valorem tax has
  previously been pledged for the payment of debt, the governing body
  of a political subdivision may continue to levy and collect the tax
  against the value of the homesteads exempted under this subsection
  until the debt is discharged if the cessation of the levy would
  impair the obligation of the contract by which the debt was
  created.  The legislature by general law may prescribe procedures
  for the administration of residence homestead exemptions.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
  governing body of a political subdivision that adopts an exemption
  from ad valorem taxation of a percentage of the market value of an
  individual's residence homestead to set the minimum dollar amount
  of the exemption to which an individual is entitled in a tax year."