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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Ways & Means 

TIME & DATE:  10:00 AM, Monday, April 7, 2025 

PLACE:        JHR 140 
CHAIR:        Rep. Morgan Meyer 

HB 249         Bernal
Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes imposed on residence homesteads in certain counties.

HB 1186        Craddick                                 
Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to receive tax revenue from certain establishments located near a hotel and convention center project.

HB 2313        Tepper                                   
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.

HB 2408        Tepper                                   
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to, and receive certain tax revenue derived from, a hotel and convention center project.

HB 2508        Turner                                   
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a qualifying condition or disease.

HB 2730        Darby                                    
Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to require a person allowed an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead to file a new application or confirm the person's current qualification for the exemption.

HB 2974        Craddick                                 
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for a hotel and convention center project and to receive certain tax revenue related to the project.

HB 3045        Gerdes | et al.                          
Relating to a franchise tax exemption for corporations operating a spaceport for certain national defense purposes.

HB 3232        Harris                                   
Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.

HB 3336        Buckley                                  
Relating to an alcoholic beverage tax credit for certain liquor or malt beverage byproducts donated for agricultural use in this state.

HB 3710        Darby                                    
Relating to the effect of a tax certificate accompanying a transfer of certain property.

HB 4044        Meyer                                    
Relating to certain expenditures by public institutions of higher education and university systems that are eligible for certain tax credits.

HB 4236        Martinez Fischer                         
Relating to the establishment of the property value study task force.

HJR 133        Turner                                   
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected.

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Bills added after last posting:

HJR 133

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