Texas House Bills

Relating to the revocation of certain licenses of persons found to have engaged in price gouging during a declared disaster.

Relating to the authority of a county to establish drainage utilities, impose drainage fees, and regulate land use for the purpose of flood management.

Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council.

Relating to emergency preparedness and contingency operations plans, inspections, and enforcement for senior retirement communities.

Relating to the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes.

Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and related procedures.

Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran.

Relating to the repeal of provisions providing for the calculation of an unused increment rate and the use of that rate in calculating certain other ad valorem tax rates.

Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes.

Relating to establishment of the disaster identification system for a declared state of disaster.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a political subdivision other than a school district, county, municipality, or junior college district may impose on the residence homesteads of certain low-income persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set lower limits on the maximum appraised value of residence homesteads and of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes and to make permanent the limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead.

Relating to the creation of a flood recovery loan program to provide low-interest loans to persons who are victims of flood-related disasters.

Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Relating to the abolition of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the abolition of those taxes.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly individuals and their surviving spouses.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes.

Relating to increasing the threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election.

Relating to the protection of an unborn child’s rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran.

Relating to electronic voter registration.

Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to municipalities and counties that use helicopters to respond to disasters.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem taxes.

Relating to emergency warning systems operated by municipalities and counties.

Relating to the definition of "residence homestead" for purposes of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a totally disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran.

Relating to the production and ownership of brine.

Relating to a study on establishing testing and scientific standards for determining tetrahydrocannabinol intoxication.