H.B. No. 706

	AN ACT
	relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem
	taxation of property on which a solar or wind-powered energy device
	is installed or constructed.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.43(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	(c)  An exemption provided by Section 11.13, 11.131, 11.132,
	11.17, 11.18, 11.182, 11.1827, 11.183, 11.19, 11.20, 11.21, 11.22,
	11.23(h), (j), or (j-1), 11.231, 11.254, 11.27, 11.271, 11.29,
	11.30, 11.31, or 11.315, once allowed, need not be claimed in
	subsequent years, and except as otherwise provided by Subsection
	(e), the exemption applies to the property until it changes
	ownership or the person's qualification for the exemption
	changes.  However, the chief appraiser may require a person allowed
	one of the exemptions in a prior year to file a new application to
	confirm the person's current qualification for the exemption by
	delivering a written notice that a new application is required,
	accompanied by an appropriate application form, to the person
	previously allowed the exemption.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a tax year beginning on
	or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 706 was passed by the House on April
	9, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 9, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 706 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 2.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor