HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Ways & Means 

TIME & DATE:  2:00 PM, Monday, March 24, 2025 

PLACE:        JHR 140 
CHAIR:        Rep. Morgan Meyer 

HB 103         Troxclair
Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of taxing unit bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects; providing a civil penalty.

HB 1256        Zwiener                                  
Relating to the authority of a county commissioners court to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by each taxing unit that taxes the property of the portion of the appraised value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of certain water conservation systems.

HB 1587        Hull                                     
Relating to the sales tax exemption period for clothing, footwear, and certain school-related items.

HB 1632        González, Mary | et al.                  
Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for animal food intended for consumption by domesticated animals.

HB 2027        Vasut | et al.                           
Relating to the authority of the Brazoria County Commissioners Court to execute tax abatement agreements for property within the Port Freeport district.

HB 2525        Darby                                    
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of age.

HJR 88         Zwiener                                  
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the commissioners court of a county to exempt from ad valorem taxation by each political subdivision that taxes the property the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or graywater system.

HJR 138        Alders                                   
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a carbon tax.

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