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TX HJR31
Joint Resolution
Status
4/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
Ryan Guillen
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AI Summary
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Proposes amending Section 19, Article VIII of the Texas Constitution to authorize the legislature to define "farm products" and "in the hands of the producer" for property tax exemption purposes
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Allows the legislature to expand the definition of "farm products" to include livestock, poultry, timber, and supplies used or produced in farming operations
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Removes the explicit constitutional listing of "livestock and poultry" as separate exempt categories, instead giving the legislature authority to include them through statutory definition
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Requires a two-thirds vote of all elected members of both houses of the legislature to remove the tax exemption for farm products and family supplies
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Would be submitted to voters at an election on November 4, 2025
Legislative Description
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to define certain terms for purposes of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of farm products in the hands of the producer.
Taxation
Last Action
Referred to Local Government
4/29/2025