Texas Constitution

Article VIII, § 29 — TRANSFER TAX ON TRANSACTION CONVEYING FEE SIMPLE TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY PROHIBITED

Texas Const. art. VIII, § 29

Texas Const. art. VIII, § 29 (TRANSFER TAX ON TRANSACTION CONVEYING FEE SIMPLE TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY PROHIBITED) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

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Tex. Const. art. VIII, § 29.

Full Text

(a) After January 1, 2016, no law may be enacted that imposes a transfer tax on a transaction that conveys fee simple title to real property. (b) This section does not prohibit: (1) the imposition of a general business tax measured by business activity; (2) the imposition of a tax on the production of minerals; (3) the imposition of a tax on the issuance of title insurance; or (4) the change of a rate of a tax in existence on January 1, 2016.

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History

Added Nov. 3, 2015.