HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    S/C on Property Tax Appraisals 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Thursday, March 20, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.036 
CHAIR:        Rep. Chris Turner 

Public testimony may be limited to 4 minutes.

HB 148         Turner                                    
Relating to the qualification of candidates for, and the training and education of members of, the board of directors of an appraisal district.

HB 203         Goodwin                                   
Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of certain leased residential real property.

HB 360         Vasut                                     
Relating to the authority of an appraisal review board to direct changes in the appraisal roll and related appraisal records if a residence homestead is sold for less than the appraised value.

HB 552         González, Mary                            
Relating to a study by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to determine standards for the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain agricultural land used to raise or keep bees.

HB 1244        Guillen                                   
Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer to a person who uses the land in materially the same way as the former owner and to late applications for such appraisal filed by the new owner of the land.

HB 1284        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 1533        Button                                    
Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.

HJR 30         Goodwin                                   
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a limitation on the maximum appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of certain leased residential real property.

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