2021 Texas Statutes
Tax Code
Title 1 - Property Tax Code
Subtitle C - Taxable Property and Exemptions
Chapter 11 - Taxable Property and Exemptions
Subchapter B. Exemptions
Section 11.133. Residence Homestead of Surviving Spouse of Member of Armed Services Killed in Action
Text of section heading effective until approval by the voters of S.J.R. 35, 87th Leg., R.S.
Sec. 11.133. RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD OF SURVIVING SPOUSE OF MEMBER OF ARMED SERVICES KILLED IN ACTION. (a) In this section:
(1) "Residence homestead" has the meaning assigned by Section 11.13.
(2) "Surviving spouse" means the individual who was married to a member of the armed services of the United States at the time of the member's death.
Text of subsection effective until approval by the voters of S.J.R. 35, 87th Leg., R.S.
(b) The surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed in action is entitled to an exemption from taxation of the total appraised value of the surviving spouse's residence homestead if the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of the member of the armed services.
Text of subsection effective on approval by the voters of S.J.R. 35, 87th Leg., R.S.
(b) The surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty is entitled to an exemption from taxation of the total appraised value of the surviving spouse's residence homestead if the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of the member of the armed services.
(c) A surviving spouse who receives an exemption under Subsection (b) for a residence homestead is entitled to receive an exemption from taxation of a property that the surviving spouse subsequently qualifies as the surviving spouse's residence homestead in an amount equal to the dollar amount of the exemption from taxation of the first property for which the surviving spouse received the exemption under Subsection (b) in the last year in which the surviving spouse received that exemption if the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of the member of the armed services. The surviving spouse is entitled to receive from the chief appraiser of the appraisal district in which the first property for which the surviving spouse claimed the exemption was located a written certificate providing the information necessary to determine the amount of the exemption to which the surviving spouse is entitled on the subsequently qualified homestead.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 138 (S.B. 163), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Redesignated from Tax Code, Section 11.132 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 21.001(44), eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 575 (S.B. 611), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2022.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 575 (S.B. 611), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2022.
