H.B. No. 294

AN ACT
relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain
property owned by a charitable organization and used in providing
housing and related services to certain homeless individuals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.18, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (p) and adding Subsection (p-1) to read as follows:
(p) The exemption authorized by Subsection (d)(23) applies
only to property [improvements] that:
(1) is [are] owned by a charitable organization that
has been in existence for at least 12 [10] years;
(2) is [are] used to provide housing and related
services to individuals described by that subsection; and
(3) is [are] located on or consists of a single campus
in [owned by] a municipality with a population of more than 750,000
and less than 850,000 or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction
of such a municipality.
(p-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), the exemption
authorized by Subsection (d)(23) applies to real property
regardless of whether the real property is considered to constitute
a building within the meaning of this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an ad valorem tax year
that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 294 was passed by the House on May 2,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 15, 2 present, not
voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 294 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date

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Governor