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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas House Bill 282 creates a 35 percent property tax exemption for non-irrigated land in priority groundwater management areas
Last action · August 21, 2025: FiledSponsor: Andy Hopper
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain land that is located in a priority groundwater management area and is not irrigated.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Property owners with eligible non-irrigated land in priority groundwater management areas
Landowners meeting the criteria become eligible for a 35 percent reduction in the appraised taxable value of their qualifying property.
Chief appraisers and appraisal districts
Appraisal districts must administer the new 35 percent exemption and manage application renewal notices for qualifying properties.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What land qualifies for the 35 percent tax exemption?
Do I have to reapply for this tax exemption every year?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Aug 21, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Complex Constitutional Contingencies
The bill explicitly ties its statutory reenactments of Section 11.43(c) to various combinations of voter approval for H.J.R. 34 and H.J.R. 133, demonstrating intricate legislative drafting to handle overlapping constitutional amendments.
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capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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