** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Ways & Means 

TIME & DATE:  10:00 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Monday, April 19, 2021 

PLACE:       JHR 140 
CHAIR:       Rep. Morgan Meyer 

Public testimony will be limited to three (3) minutes per witness.

HB 321         Howard | et al.                                        
Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain feminine hygiene products.

HB 361         Sherman, Sr. | et al.                                  
Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that provide paid family care leave.

HB 746         Bernal                                                
Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes imposed on certain homesteads.

HB 1090        Bailes                                                
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of property that was erroneously omitted from an appraisal roll in a previous year.

HB 1279        Kacal | et al.                                         
Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of a percentage of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain volunteer first responders.

HB 1360        Landgraf | et al.                                      
Relating to the procedure by which a taxing unit is required to provide public notice of certain ad valorem tax-related information.

HB 1601        Allison | et al.                                       
Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain peace officers.

HB 1705        Schofield | et al.                                     
Relating to the establishment of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that taxing units may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

HB 2292        Landgraf                                              
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of a real property interest in oil or gas in place.

HB 2311        Krause | et al.                                        
Relating to limitations on increases in the appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of residence homesteads and single-family residences other than residence homesteads.

HB 2428        Murr                                                  
Relating to the calculation of net to land in the appraisal of open-space land for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 2711        Hinojosa | et al.                                      
Relating to the continuation of a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation while the owner is temporarily absent because of service outside of the United States as a foreign service officer employed by the United States Department of State.

HB 2977        Morrison                                              
Relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities and the authority of certain municipalities to pledge that revenue, and to receive and pledge certain other revenue, for the payment of obligations related to a hotel and convention center project.

HB 3322        Metcalf                                               
Relating to the selection and administration of an appraisal review board in certain counties; authorizing a fee.

HB 3437        Goldman | et al.                                       
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.

HB 3439        Deshotel | et al.                  Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain nonexempt property used for low-income or moderate-income housing.

HB 3482        Rose | et al.                                         
Relating to the definition of "indigent defense compensation expenditures" for purposes of the adjustment of a county's no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate to reflect increases in those expenditures.

HB 3629        Bonnen                                                
Relating to the date a deferral or abatement of the collection of ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of an elderly or disabled person or disabled veteran expires.

HB 3833        King, Phil | et al.                                    
Relating to the additional ad valorem tax and interest imposed as a result of a change in the use of certain land.

HB 4179        Bonnen                                                
Relating to the procedures to be used by an appraisal district in resolving a protest following the filing of a notice of protest by a property owner.

HB 4209        Murr                                                  
Relating to the valuation of appraised value of qualified open-space land.

HB 4270        Rodriguez | et al.                                     
Relating to the procedures for requesting or applying for certain ad valorem tax refunds and exemptions.

HB 4357        Schaefer                                              
Relating to the application of sales and use taxes to information technology consulting and technical support services.

HB 4411        King, Tracy O.                                         
Relating to the property tax appraisal option of rural utilities for rendering market value for property which falls into multiple tax jurisdictions.

HJR 84         Schofield                         Posting Rule Suspended
Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that political subdivisions may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

HJR 108        Krause | et al.                                        
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to establish a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of residence homesteads for ad valorem tax purposes and to establish a limit on the value of single-family residences other than residence homesteads for those purposes.

HJR 141        Goldman                           Posting Rule Suspended
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.

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Bills added after last posting:

HB 3439

HJR 84

HJR 141

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