88R473 SMH-D
 
  By: Middleton S.B. No. 1065
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a
residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 23.23, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2),
(a-3), (a-4), (a-5), (a-6), (a-7), and (c-2) to read as follows:
       (a)  The [Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 25.18
and regardless of whether the appraisal office has appraised the
property and determined the market value of the property for the tax
year, an appraisal office may increase the] appraised value of a
residence homestead for a tax year is equal to [an amount not to
exceed the lesser of:
             [(1)]  the market value of the property for the first
[most recent] tax year that the owner qualified the property for an
exemption under Section 11.13 [market value was determined by the
appraisal office; or
             [(2)  the sum of:
                   [(A)  10 percent of the appraised value of the
property for the preceding tax year;
                   [(B)  the appraised value of the property for the
preceding tax year; and
                   [(C)  the market value of all new improvements to
the property].
       (a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the owner of real
property qualified the property for an exemption under Section
11.13 and the owner acquired the property as a bona fide purchaser
for value, the appraised value of the property is equal to the
purchase price of the property paid by the owner.
       (a-2)  If the first tax year the property owner qualified the
property for an exemption under Section 11.13 was a tax year before
the 2024 tax year, the appraised value of the property as shown on
the 2023 appraisal roll is considered to be:
             (1)  the market value of the property for the first tax
year that the owner qualified the property for an exemption under
Section 11.13 for purposes of Subsection (a); and
             (2)  the purchase price of the property paid by the
owner for purposes of Subsection (a-1).
       (a-3)  Subsection (a-1) does not apply to a residence
homestead if:
             (1)  the purchase was made:
                   (A)  pursuant to a court order;
                   (B)  from a trustee in bankruptcy;
                   (C)  by one co-owner from one or more other
co-owners;
                   (D)  from a spouse or a person or persons within
the first or second degree of lineal consanguinity of one or more of
the purchasers; or
                   (E)  from a governmental entity; or
             (2)  the chief appraiser determines that the applicant
was not a bona fide purchaser for value under criteria established
by rules adopted by the comptroller for that purpose.
       (a-4)  To receive a limitation on appraised value under
Subsection (a-1), an owner of the property must apply for the
limitation. To apply for the limitation, the owner must file an
application with the chief appraiser for each appraisal district in
which the property subject to the claimed limitation is located.
The application must be filed not later than the latest date on
which the owner may file an application for an exemption under
Section 11.13 on the property for the year under Section 11.43. The
comptroller by rule shall prescribe the form for the application to
ensure that the applicant provides the information necessary to
determine the applicant's eligibility for the limitation,
including the purchase price of the property paid by the applicant.
       (a-5)  An application filed with a chief appraiser under
Subsection (a-4) is confidential and not open to public inspection.
The application and the information it contains may not be
disclosed to another person other than an employee of the appraisal
district who appraises property, except as provided by Subsection
(a-6).
      

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Tax Code 23.23 (Tax Code 23)