HJR215 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed on real property occupied by a person who entered the property without the consent of the owner.

  89R18112 DRS-D     By: Schofield H.J.R. No. 215       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature   to provide for a credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed on real   property occupied by a person who entered the property without the   consent of the owner.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 1-z to read as follows:           Sec.   1-z.     The legislature by general law may provide that a   person who owns real property that during all or a portion of a tax   year is occupied by a person who entered the property without the   consent of the owner is entitled to a credit against the ad valorem   taxes imposed by a political subdivision on the property.   The   legislature by general law may provide additional eligibility   requirements for receiving a credit under this section and may   provide a formula for computing the amount of the credit to which a   property owner is entitled.          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 a credit against the ad valorem taxes   imposed on real property occupied by a person who entered the   property without the consent of the owner."