88R4780 MLH-F
 
  By: Noble H.B. No. 4077
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the procedure for qualifying for an exemption from ad
  valorem taxation of the residence homestead of an elderly person.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11.43(m), Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (m)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (k), if a person who
  receives an exemption under Section 11.13, other than an exemption
  under Section 11.13(c) or (d) for an individual 65 years of age or
  older, in a tax year becomes 65 years of age in the next tax year,
  the person is entitled to receive and the chief appraiser shall
  allow an exemption under Section 11.13(c) or (d) for an individual
  65 years of age or older in that [the] next tax year on the same
  property without requiring the person to apply [applying] for or
  otherwise request the exemption if the person's [person becomes 65
  years of] age is [in that next year as] shown by:
               (1)  information in the records of the appraisal
  district that was provided to the appraisal district by the
  individual in an application for an exemption under Section 11.13
  on the property or in correspondence relating to the property; or
               (2)  the information provided by the Texas Department
  of Public Safety to the appraisal district under Section 521.049,
  Transportation Code.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an ad valorem tax year that begins on or after the effective date
  of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2024.