** REVISION ** HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Local Government Ways and Means TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Thursday, March 13, 2003 PLACE: E1.004 - Ext Auditorium CHAIR: Rep. Fred Hill ___________________________________________________________________________ The Committee will meet to consider the following: HB 474 Wong / et al. Relating to the limitation on the maximum average annual percentage increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes. HJR 32 Wong / et al. Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum average annual percentage increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes. HB 846 Howard Relating to the limitation on the maximum average annual percentage increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes. HJR 45 Howard Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum average annual percentage increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes. HB 216 Hamric Relating to the qualification of a disabled person for an exemption from ad valorem taxation on the person's residence homestead. HB 217 Hamric Relating to limiting the amount of school district ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the residence homestead of a disabled person. HJR 21 Hamric Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit an increase in the total amount of school district ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the residence homestead of a disabled person. HB 837 Hilderbran Relating to ad valorem taxes imposed on a residence homestead in a year in which a residence homestead exemption for an elderly person terminates. HB 136 Brown, Fred / et al. Relating to limiting the amount of county or municipal ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly and their surviving spouses. HJR 16 Brown, Fred / et al. Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a county or a city or town to establish an ad valorem tax freeze on residence homesteads of the elderly and their spouses. HB 86 McClendon Relating to taxes on the homesteads of the elderly. HJR 60 McClendon Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit increases in ad valorem taxes imposed by a political subdivision on the residence homestead of an elderly person or the person's surviving spouse. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING: HJR 60