SJR 11, 79th 2nd C.S.
Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a maximum tax rate of $1.25 per $100 of taxable value for school district ad valorem taxes imposed for maintenance purposes, providing that an ad valorem tax imposed by a school district is not a state ad valorem tax, increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes to $22,500, and reducing the limitation on the total amount of taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount and reductions in school district ad valorem tax rates.
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| Chamber | Action | Comments | ↓ Date ↑ |
| S | Received by the Secretary of the Senate | 08/03/2005 | |
| S | Filed | 08/03/2005 | |
| S | Read first time | 08/04/2005 | |
| S | Referred to Finance | 08/04/2005 | |
| S | Posting rule suspended | 08/04/2005 | |
| S | Considered in public hearing | 08/04/2005 | |
| S | Testimony taken in committee | 08/04/2005 | |
| S | Reported favorably w/o amendments | 08/05/2005 | |
| S | Committee report printed and distributed | 08/05/2005 | |
| S | Rules suspended | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Record vote | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Read 2nd time | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Amendment(s) offered | FA1 Barrientos | 08/09/2005 |
| S | Amendment to amendment offered | FA2 Wentworth | 08/09/2005 |
| S | Motion to table fails | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Record vote | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Amendment amended | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Vote recorded in Journal | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Amendment adopted as amended | FA1 Barrientos | 08/09/2005 |
| S | Vote recorded in Journal | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Amendment(s) offered | FA3 Shapleigh | 08/09/2005 |
| S | Amended | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Vote recorded in Journal | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Rules suspended | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Record vote | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Adopted as amended | 08/09/2005 | |
| S | Record vote | 08/09/2005 | |
| H | Received from the Senate | 08/10/2005 | |
| H | Read first time | 08/10/2005 | |
| H | Referred to Property Tax Relief, Select | 08/10/2005 |
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