By: Schofield (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) H.B. No. 4158
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2023;
  May 16, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the determination and reporting of the number of
  residence homesteads of elderly or disabled persons that are
  subject to the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes
  that may be imposed on the properties by school districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11.26, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows:
         (e-1)  For each school district in an appraisal district, the
  chief appraiser shall:
               (1)  determine the number of residence homesteads
  subject to the limitation on tax increases required by this section
  for the current tax year; and
               (2)  not later than September 1 of that tax year, report
  the number to the comptroller in the form prescribed by the
  comptroller.
         (e-2)  Not later than November 1 of each tax year, the
  comptroller shall report to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of
  the house of representatives, and each member of the legislature
  the total number of residence homesteads in the state, as reported
  to the comptroller under Subsection (e-1), subject to the
  limitation on tax increases required by this section for that tax
  year.  The report must include the number of those residence
  homesteads in each school district or a reference to where the
  information for each school district may be accessed.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a tax year beginning on
  or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2024.
 
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