HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Ways & Means 

TIME & DATE:  9:00 AM, Monday, May 19, 2025 

PLACE:        JHR 140 
CHAIR:        Rep. Morgan Meyer 

SB 1277        Parker
Relating to the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance.

SB 1531        Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"                    
Relating to the electronic payment of ad valorem taxes; authorizing a fee.

SB 2452        Hancock | et al.                         
Relating to the compensation of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district.

SB 2520        Bettencourt                              
Relating to the calculation of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled.

SB 2521        Bettencourt                              
Relating to notification of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district of the death of a resident of the county in which the district is located and the determination by the chief appraiser of the effect of the decedent's death on the continued eligibility of any property in the county previously owned by the decedent for any exemption allowed for the property.

SB 2529        Bettencourt | et al.                     
Relating to the vote required by the governing body of a taxing unit to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate or authorize the issuance of tax bonds.

SB 2538        Bettencourt                              
Relating to the plan required to be adopted by the board of directors of an appraisal district for periodically conducting certain reappraisal activities.

SB 2539        Bettencourt                              
Relating to the adoption of an ordinance issuing a tax increment bond by certain municipalities that have designated a tax increment reinvestment zone.

SB 2541        Bettencourt                              
Relating to the calculation of the unused increment rate of a taxing unit.

SB 2873        Kolkhorst                                
Relating to the requirement that certain tax reports be filed electronically.

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