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 use of xeriscape on the property.

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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 real property that arises from the use of xeriscape on the property.

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 use of xeriscape on the property.

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 real property that arises from the use of xeriscape on the property.

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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 real property that arises from the use of xeriscape on the property.

Current Bill Text

89(R) HJR 97 - Introduced version - Bill Text

89R1082 RDS-D

By: Raymond

H.J.R. No. 97

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 real property that arises from the use of

xeriscape on the property.

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

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

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

Sec.

1-m-1.

The legislature by general law may exempt from

ad valorem taxation the portion of the market value of real property

that arises from the use of xeriscape on the property.

The

legislature may define "xeriscape" 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 real property that arises from the

use of xeriscape on the property."