HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Ways & Means 

TIME & DATE:  2:00 PM, Monday, March 10, 2025 

PLACE:        JHR 140 
CHAIR:        Rep. Morgan Meyer 

HB 195         Plesa
Relating to the dissemination of certain school district ad valorem tax-related information.

HB 247         Guillen                                  
Relating to the taxation of border security infrastructure.

HB 255         Guillen                                  
Relating to the definitions of certain terms for purposes of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of farm products in the hands of the producer.

HJR 2          Geren                                    
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift.

HJR 4          Meyer                                    
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.

HJR 6          Capriglione                              
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust.

HJR 31         Guillen                                  
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to define certain terms for purposes of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of farm products in the hands of the producer.

HJR 34         Guillen                                  
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation or construction in or on the property of border security infrastructure.

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