** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Ways & Means 

TIME & DATE:  10:00 AM, Monday, April 24, 2023 

PLACE:        JHR 140 
CHAIR:        Rep. Morgan Meyer 

HB 391         Goldman | et al.
Relating to the repeal of the franchise tax.

HB 1027        Slawson | et al.                         
Relating to the repeal of the additional ad valorem taxes imposed as a result of a sale or change of use of certain land.

HB 1301        Geren                                    
Relating to the duty of an appraisal review board to determine a motion or protest filed by a property owner and the right of the owner to appeal the board's determination.

HB 1956        Geren                                    
Relating to the award of attorney's fees to a prevailing property owner in a judicial appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations.

HB 2420        Shine                                    
Relating to the eligibility of a person employed by a school district as a teacher to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district.

HB 2714        Thompson, Ed                             
Relating to the authority of the officer or employee designated by the governing body of a municipality to calculate certain ad valorem tax rates of the municipality to recalculate those rates.

HB 2987        Metcalf | et al.                         
Relating to the exemption of tangible personal property from ad valorem taxation; making conforming changes.

HB 3355        Landgraf | et al.                        
Relating to exemption from taxation of facilities, devices, or methods used to control pollution.

HB 3487        Turner                        Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to certain expenditures by public institutions of higher education and university systems that are eligible for certain tax credits.

HB 3599        Thierry                       Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for, and registration fees for motor vehicles owned by, certain nonprofit food banks.

HB 3745        Goldman                                  
Relating to the procedure for maintaining the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land.

HB 3757        Wilson | 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 4950        Gervin-Hawkins                Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the appraised value of real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements.

HB 5070        Button                                   
Relating to the exclusion of services provided by a marketplace provider from the definition of data processing services.

HB 5100        Bhojani | et al.                         
Relating to a one-time credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a taxing unit on the residence homestead of a first-time home buyer and to the effect of the credit on the determination of the taxable value of a school district.

HB 5133        Bell, Cecil                              
Relating to a requirement that an appraisal review board rely on an appraisal of residential real property prepared by an appraiser and submitted to the board by the property owner to determine a protest regarding the value of the property.

HJR 129        Metcalf                                  
Proposing a constitutional amendment exempting tangible personal property from ad valorem taxation.

HJR 153        Wilson                                   
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.

HJR 187        Gervin-Hawkins                Posting Rule Suspended
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements.

SB 1122        Schwertner                               
Relating to the exclusion of certain medical services performed to determine an appropriate level of workers' compensation benefits from sales and use taxes.

SB 1614        Perry                                    
Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax.

SB 2091        West                                     
Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to sell certain seized or foreclosed property to an owner of an abutting property without conducting a public sale.

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Bills added after last posting:

HB 3487

HB 3599

HB 4950

HJR 187

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