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SB 1437, 75th R.S.
Relating to the exemption from and limitations on ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of an elderly individual and the individual's surviving spouse and to the termination of that exemption if that homestead ceases to be the homestead of that elderly individual or surviving spouse.

Last action: Effective immediately

Author: Jeff Wentworth
Coauthor: Judith Zaffirini | Gonzalo Barrientos
Sponsor: Sherri Greenberg
Joint Sponsor: Elliott Naishtat

Remarks: Section 5 takes effect 1/1/98.

Session Law Chapter:
Acts 1997, 75th R.S.,ch. 1059, General and Special Laws of Texas

Companion:

HB 3080 (Very Similar)

Bill Analyses:
Enrolled (Senate Research Center)
Introduced (Senate Research Center)

Gubernatorial documents:

Subjects:
Aging
Property Interests--Homestead
Taxation--Property-Exemptions

House Committee: Ways & Means (Tom Craddick, Kent Grusendorf, Talmadge Heflin, Steve Holzheauser, Jim Horn, Rene Oliveira, Tom Ramsay, Mark Stiles, Barry Telford, Senfronia Thompson, Richard Williamson)
Minutes: April 30 1997 | May 2 1997
Senate Committee: Finance (Bill Ratliff, Kenneth Armbrister, Gonzalo Barrientos, Teel Bivins, J.E. Brown, Eddie Lucio, Jr., Mike Moncrief, Jane Nelson, David Sibley, Carlos Truan, Jeff Wentworth, Royce West, Judith Zaffirini)

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