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Le Chapter 1169 S.B. No. 833 1 AN ACT 2 relating to the continuation of a residence homestead exemption 3 from ad valorem taxation while the owner is temporarily absent 4 because of military service. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 6 SECTION 1. Section 11.13(1), Tax Code, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 (1) A qualified residential structure does not lose its 9 character as a residence homestead when the owner who qualifies for 10 the exemption temporarily stops occupying it as a principal 11 residence if that owner does not establish a different principal 12 residence and the absence is: 13 (1) for a period of less than two years and the owner 14 intends to return and occupy the structure as the owner's principal 15 residence; or
16 (2) caused by the owner's: 17 (A) rnilitary service inside or outside of the 18 United States as a member of the armed forces of the United States 19 or of this state; or 20 (B) residency in a facility that provides 21 services related to health, infirmity, or aging. 22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 23 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 24 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
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June 19, 2015;
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