S.B. No. 794

	AN ACT
	relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation
	of the residence homestead of a totally disabled veteran.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.131(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(b)  A disabled veteran who has been awarded by [receives
	from] the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its
	successor 100 percent disability compensation due to a
	service-connected disability and a rating of 100 percent disabled
	or of individual unemployability is entitled to an exemption from
	taxation of the total appraised value of the veteran's residence
	homestead.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an ad valorem tax year that begins on or after the effective date
	of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.
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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 794 passed the Senate on
	April 19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0;
	May 27, 2021, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and
	requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 28, 2021, House
	granted request of the Senate; May 30, 2021, Senate adopted
	Conference Committee Report by the following vote:  Yeas 31,
	Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 794 passed the House, with
	amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 143,
	Nays 0, two present not voting; May 28, 2021, House granted request
	of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
	May 30, 2021, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
	following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 1, two present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
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	Date
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	Governor