Proposition 7

Texas Ballot Measure - HJR 125

Election: Nov. 2, 2021 (General)

Outcome: Passed

Categories:

Taxes

Summary


H.J.R. 125 retroactively validates provisions in the Tax Code that were enacted by the 86th Legislature through H.B. 1313. H.J.R. 125 proposes an amendment to the Texas Constitution to provide that a person who is 55 years of age or older at the time of their spouse's death may continue to receive a limitation on school district property taxes on their residence homestead on the basis of a disability if, at the time of their spouse's death, their spouse was entitled to such a limitation. The enabling language (H.B. 1313) for this constitutional amendment currently resides in Section 11.26 of the Tax Code. H.J.R. 125 includes a temporary provision set to expire on January 1, 2023, that validates and implements the changes to the law made by H.B. 1313. This constitutional amendment would affirm the actions of a collector who, in reliance on H.B. 1313, extended the disability exemption to a surviving spouse over the previous biennium. Further, this amendment would require a collector who failed to implement H.B. 1313's provisions to refund a surviving spouse who would have otherwise been eligible for such an exemption.

Measure Text


The constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse's residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person's death.

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