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 residential real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements.

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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 residential real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements.

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 residential real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements.

What This Bill Does

• 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 residential real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements.

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Official Summary Text

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 residential real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements.

Current Bill Text

89(R) HJR 102 - Introduced version - Bill Text

89R3749 MLH-D

By: Gervin-Hawkins

H.J.R. No. 102

A JOINT RESOLUTION

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 residential real property that arises from

the installation in the property of certain energy

efficiency-related improvements.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by

adding Section 1-m-2 to read as follows:

Sec. 1-m-2.

The legislature by general law may exempt from

ad valorem taxation the portion of the market value of residential

real property that arises from the installation in the property of

an energy efficiency-related improvement. The legislature may

define "energy efficiency-related improvement" for purposes of

this section and may prescribe additional eligibility requirements

for the exemption provided by this section.

SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.

The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the

legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of

the amount of the market value of residential real property that

arises from the installation in the property of certain energy

efficiency-related improvements."