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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Ways & Means 

TIME & DATE:  10:00 AM, Monday, April 17, 2023 

PLACE:        JHR 140 
CHAIR:        Rep. Morgan Meyer 

HB 2327        Goldman
Relating to an exception to the renewal requirement for agricultural and timber tax exemption registration numbers issued to or held by persons who are at least 65 years of age.

HB 3104        Anderson                                 
Relating to the temporary exemption of certain tangible personal property related to certain connected data center projects from sales and use taxes.

HB 3209        Thompson, Ed                             
Relating to the collection, remittance, and administration of certain taxes on motor vehicles rented through a marketplace rental provider; imposing a penalty.

HB 3241        Guillen                                  
Relating to the exemption of certain assets used for agricultural production from property taxes.

HB 3242        Hefner                                   
Relating to the eligibility of the surviving spouse of an elderly person who qualified for a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of a portion of the appraised value of the deceased person's residence homestead to continue to receive an exemption for the same property from the same taxing unit in an amount equal to that of the exemption for which the deceased person qualified without applying for the exemption.

HB 3769        Murr                                     
Relating to the ad valorem taxation of certain dealer's heavy equipment inventory.

HB 3857        Thimesch | et al.                        
Relating to the eligibility of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land.

HB 3894        Shine | et al.                           
Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for battery energy storage systems.

HB 4094        Oliverson                                
Relating to a refund of sales and use taxes paid on the purchase of certain aircraft leased for flight instruction.

HB 4130        Hefner                                   
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of property owned by certain electric cooperatives.

HB 4478        Button | et al.                          
Relating to the establishment of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a county may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

HB 4602        Canales | et al.                         
Relating to the collection, remittance, and administration of the tax on gross rental receipts on motor vehicles rented through a marketplace rental provider; imposing a penalty.

HB 4645        Flores                                   
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property used to provide low-income or moderate-income housing.

HB 4809        Capriglione | et al.                     
Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.

HB 4901        Bonnen                                   
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property held by a manufacturer of medical or biomedical products as a finished good or used in the manufacturing or processing of medical or biomedical products.

HB 5047        Wilson                                   
Relating to the imposition of sales and use tax after a municipality annexes an area in an emergency services district.

HB 5089        Meyer                                    
Relating to the location at which certain sales are consummated for purposes of local sales and use taxes.

HB 5115        Thierry                       Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes by an accommodations intermediary.

HB 5136        Kacal                         Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the applicability of a county hotel occupancy tax to certain recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds in certain counties and the use of revenue from that tax.

HJR 141        Guillen                                  
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the taxation of assets used to begin production on agricultural land.

HJR 171        Button                                   
Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a county may impose on the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

HJR 184        Bonnen                                   
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation certain tangible personal property held by a manufacturer of medical or biomedical products as a finished good or used in the manufacturing or processing of medical or biomedical products.

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Bills added after last posting:

HB 5115

HB 5136

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