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CS/CS/SB 1502: Ad Valorem Tax Exemption/Deployed Servicemembers

GENERAL BILL by Budget ; Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security ; Simmons ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Dean ; Altman

Ad Valorem Tax Exemption/Deployed Servicemembers; Provides for certain servicemembers who receive a homestead exemption and who are deployed in certain military operations to receive an additional ad valorem tax exemption. Designates qualifying military operations. Requires that a servicemember apply to the property appraiser to receive the exemption in the year following the year of a qualifying deployment. Provides for application of the act to qualifying deployments in the 2010 calendar year, etc.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/2/2011 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1141 (Ch. 2011-93) -SJ 643
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Budget (BC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/2/2011 Senate • Filed
3/9/2011 Senate • Referred to Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Community Affairs; Budget -SJ 170
• Introduced -SJ 170
3/18/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/23/11, 3:15 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
3/23/2011 Senate • CS by Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 300
3/25/2011 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/28/2011 Senate • Now in Community Affairs -SJ 300
3/29/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/04/11, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• CS by Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time -SJ 302
4/4/2011 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 322
• Now in Budget -SJ 322
4/11/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget, 04/14/11, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
4/14/2011 Senate • CS/CS by- Budget; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -SJ 471
4/15/2011 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
4/18/2011 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 471
4/26/2011 Senate • CS/CS by Budget read 1st time -SJ 486
4/29/2011 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/11 -SJ 614
5/2/2011 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 643
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 1141 -SJ 643
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1141 (Ch. 2011-93) -SJ 643