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§ 8.4 — SURRENDER OR SUSPENSION OF TAXING POWER PROHIBITED.

Texas § 8.4

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Tex. Texas Constitution Code Ann. § 8.4 (2026).

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4.SURRENDER OR SUSPENSION OF TAXING POWER PROHIBITED. The power to tax corporations and corporate property shall not be surrendered or suspended by act of the Legislature, by any contract or grant to which the State shall be a party. (Feb. 15, 1876.)

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§ 8.1

EQUALITY AND UNIFORMITY OF TAXATION; TAXATION OF PROPERTY IN PROPORTION TO VALUE; OCCUPATION AND INCOME TAXES; EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND SMALL MINERAL INTERESTS FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION; VALUATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FOR TAX PURPOSES.

§ 8.1-a

COUNTY TAX LEVY FOR ROADS AND FLOOD CONTROL.

§ 8.1-b

RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS.

§ 8.1-b-1

(Repealed Nov. 2, 1999.)

§ 8.1-c

(Repealed Nov. 2, 1999.)

§ 8.1-d

ASSESSMENT FOR TAX PURPOSES OF LANDS DESIGNATED FOR AGRICULTURAL USE.

§ 8.1-d-1

TAXATION OF CERTAIN OPEN-SPACE LAND.

§ 8.1-e

STATE AD VALOREM TAXES PROHIBITED.

§ 8.1-f

AD VALOREM TAX RELIEF.

§ 8.1-g

DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY; AD VALOREM TAX RELIEF AND ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND NOTES.

§ 8.1-h

VALIDATION OF ASSESSMENT RATIO.

§ 8.1-i

MOBILE MARINE DRILLING EQUIPMENT; AD VALOREM TAX RELIEF.

§ 8.1-j

EXEMPTION FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION OF CERTAIN TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TEMPORARILY LOCATED IN THIS STATE.

§ 8.1-k

EXEMPTION FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION OF PROPERTY OWNED BY NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS SUPPLYING WATER OR PROVIDING WASTEWATER SERVICES.

§ 8.1-l

EXEMPTION FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION OF PROPERTY USED FOR CONTROL OF AIR, WATER, OR LAND POLLUTION.

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