** REVISION **
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Local Government Ways and Means

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Thursday, April 24, 2003

PLACE: E2.026

CHAIR: Rep. Fred Hill

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The Committee will meet to consider bills posted on April 14th and 15th.
Any bill posted for April 24th, but not considered at the hearing,
may be considered at the hearing on April 25th or April 28th.

HB 700            Gutierrez / et al.
Relating to the amount of the appraised value of the residence
homestead of a disabled or elderly person that is exempt from ad
valorem taxation by a school district.

HJR 37            Gutierrez
Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the
market value of the residence homestead of a disabled or elderly
person that may be exempt from ad valorem taxation by a school
district.

HB 701            Gutierrez / et al.
Relating to a prohibition on increasing the total amount of ad
valorem taxes imposed by a taxing unit other than a hospital
district on the residence homestead of a disabled person, an
elderly person, or an elderly person's surviving spouse.

HJR 38            Gutierrez
Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit increases in ad
valorem taxes imposed by a political subdivision other than a
hospital district on the residence homestead of a disabled person,
an elderly person, or an elderly person's surviving spouse.

HB 395            Merritt
Relating to the rendition of property for ad valorem tax purposes
and to the imposition of a penalty for failure to render property.

HB 703            Solomons
Relating to the property tax appraisal of property located in more
than one appraisal district.

HB 2076            Casteel
Relating to the hotel occupancy tax imposed by certain counties.

HB 2803            Giddings
Relating to the rendition of property for ad valorem tax purposes
and to the consequences of a failure to render property.

HB 3540            Chavez
Relating to a refund of an overpayment or erroneous payment of ad
valorem taxes by a tax collector who performs consolidated tax
collection functions.

HB 2043            Griggs
Relating to the procedures for appointment of the board of
directors of an appraisal district.

HB 2255            Flores
Relating to the payment of deferred taxes on certain agricultural
land.

HB 3050            Hunter
Relating to excepting land of certain charitable organizations from
the additional tax imposed on the change of use of land appraised
for ad valorem tax purposes as open-space land.

HB 2416            Hochberg
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation for property of
certain nonprofit organizations while improvements are under
construction.

HB 480            Wilson
Relating to eligibility of land located in certain municipalities
to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as land designated for
agricultural use, open-space land, timber land, or restricted-use
timber land.

HB 485            Wilson
Relating to the exemption of residential property from ad valorem
taxes, assessments, and impact fees imposed by the Midtown
Management District.

HB 847            Rangel / et al.
Relating to the eligibility of land to be appraised as open-space
land for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 1052            Villarreal
Relating to certain assessments on residential development in
public school districts.

HB 1098            Capelo
Relating to the authority of a municipality to impose and use
utility fees for certain disabled access improvements.

HB 1779            Davis, Yvonne
Relating to requiring disclosure of the sales price of real
property to an appraisal district and the comptroller of public
accounts; providing penalties.

HB 1829            Lewis
Relating to the treatment of captured appraised value and tax
increment in the calculation of ad valorem tax rates for a taxing
unit.

HB 1867            Coleman
Relating to criteria for creating a commercial and industrial
development zone.

HB 2139            Brown, Betty
Relating to the authority of a county to impose a sales and use tax
to build a criminal detention center.

HB 2176            Elkins
Relating to ad valorem tax sales of real and personal property
following foreclosure or seizure of the property; authorizing a
sale by on-line auction.

HB 2718            Smith, Wayne
Relating to the allocation and use of municipal hotel occupancy
taxes in certain municipalities bordering bays and estuaries.

HB 2784            Eiland
Relating to allowing rural fire prevention districts to impose a
sales and use tax.

HB 2826            Eissler
Relating to a continuing ad valorem tax for the payment of bonds
issued by a school district.

HB 3136            Wilson
Relating to the calculation of net to land in the ad valorem tax
appraisal of open-space land used for wildlife management.

HB 3218            West, George "Buddy"
Relating to the partial exemption of certain wind energy devices
from ad valorem taxation.

HB 3419            Davis, John
Relating to procedural and technical corrections and clarification
of the Property Tax Code, procedures for the seizure of property,
and distribution of tax sale proceeds.

HB 3433            Rodriguez
Relating to requiring a person responsible for closing a real
estate transaction to assist a purchaser in applying for a
residence homestead exemption for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 3449            Noriega
Relating to the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes.

HB 3504            Davis, John
Relating to procedural and technical corrections and clarification
of the Property Tax Code, procedures for the seizure of property,
and distribution of tax sale proceeds.

HB 3546            Hamric
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain
property used to provide low-income or extremely low-income
housing.

HJR 57            Elkins / et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require an annual
adjustment of the amount of the residence homestead exemption from
ad valorem taxation for public school purposes for persons 70 years
of age or older to correspond to the average market value of a
single-family residence in this state.

SB 948            Lindsay
Relating to the authority of the board of a hospital district and
the commissioners court of the county in which the district is
located to take certain actions relating to ad valorem taxes
imposed for the benefit of the hospital district.

HB 2378            Hill
Relating to the rendition of property for ad valorem tax purposes;
providing civil penalties.

HB 2726            Talton
Relating to authorizing an owner of inventory to waive the right to
have the inventory appraised for ad valorem tax purposes at the
price for which it would sell as a unit.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 2726