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 26, 2021 

PLACE:       JHR 140 
CHAIR:       Rep. Morgan Meyer 

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

HB 2288        White                                                 
Relating to the repeal of the additional ad valorem taxes imposed as a result of the sale or change in the use of land appraised as agricultural or open-space land.

HB 2489        Cook                                                  
Relating to a restriction on the authority of an appraisal district to increase the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes for a specified period after a tax year in which the appraised value of the property is lowered as a result of an agreement, protest, or appeal.

HB 2790        Shaheen                                               
Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on the appraisal review board of certain appraisal districts.

HB 3243        Shine                                                 
Relating to the payment of delinquent ad valorem taxes on property subject to a tax sale.

HB 3267        Kuempel | et al.                                       
Relating to a restriction on the use of money in the tax increment fund for a tax increment financing reinvestment zone created by certain home-rule municipalities.

HB 3694        Shaheen | et al.                                       
Relating to a limitation on the appraised value of certain rapidly appreciating residence homesteads for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 4004        Rogers                                                
Relating to a study by Texas A&M University of the appraisal of agricultural land for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 4114        Burrows | et al.                                       
Relating to the retention of state sales tax revenue collected by certain retailers for a limited period.

HB 4242        Meyer                                                 
Relating to the extension of the expiration of certain parts of the Texas Economic Development Act.

HB 4297        Wilson                                                
Relating to the period during which certain municipalities may receive certain tax revenue associated with hotel and convention center projects.

HB 4392        Price                                                 
Relating to tax credits against franchise tax and sales and use tax for the moving image industry in this state.

HB 4563        Guillen                                               
Relating to notice of the form to be used by a person to request a written statement stating whether there are any delinquent ad valorem taxes owed by the person to certain taxing units.

HJR 67         Howard                                                
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.

HJR 83         Allison | et al.                                       
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain peace officers.

HJR 106        White                                                 
Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the provision that subjects land designated for agricultural use to an additional tax when the land is diverted to a purpose other than agricultural use or sold.

SB 153         Perry | et al.                                         
Relating to the exclusion of certain payment processing services from the definition of "data processing service" for purposes of sales and use taxes.

SB 611         Campbell | et al.                                      
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.

SB 742         Birdwell | et al.                                      
Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes on property in a disaster area or emergency area.

SB 916         Seliger                                               
Relating to information regarding certain noncompliance by an appraisal district in the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation records of a professional property tax appraiser serving as chief appraiser for the district.

SJR 35         Campbell | et al.                                      
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.

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