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Texas Limit Maximum Appraised Value of Homestead Amendment (2015)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Texas Limit Maximum Appraised Value of Homestead Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have authorized the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or less of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year. However, the legislature would not have been able to limit the appraised value to below 100 percent.[1]
The measure would have permitted voters of a county to establish a limitation upwards of 110 percent of the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead.
The measure was introduced into the Texas Legislature by Sen. Robert Nichols (R-3) as Senate Joint Resolution 14.[2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was:[1]
| “ | The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or less of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year and to permit the voters of a county to establish a higher limitation not to exceed 110 percent on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead in the county.[3] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
The proposed constitutional amendment was filed by Sen. Robert Nichols (R-3) as Senate Joint Resolution 14 on November 11, 2014.[2] A two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Texas State Legislature was required to refer this amendment to the ballot. Texas is one of 16 states that require a two-thirds supermajority vote in both chambers.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Legislature, "SJR No. 14," accessed November 19, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Legislature, "SJR No. 14 History," accessed November 19, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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