Terry Wilson, Texas State Representative of 20th district | Facebook
Terry Wilson, Texas State Representative of 20th district | Facebook
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the authority of a taxing unit other than a school district, county, municipality, or junior college district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the taxing unit may impose on the residence homesteads of certain low-income individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill allows taxing units, excluding school districts, counties, municipalities, or junior college districts, to establish limits on ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of eligible low-income individuals who are disabled or 65 years of age or older and their surviving spouses. The limitation prevents increasing taxes beyond the amount levied in the first year the individual qualified for an exemption, unless improvements exceeding repairs are made. The limitation remains unless none of the owners meet the eligibility criteria or the property is no longer their residence homestead. Provisions also outline scenarios for calculating taxes when exemptions are erroneously applied or transferred. The act is effective Jan. 1, 2026, pending voter approval of a related constitutional amendment.
Terry Wilson, chair of the House Committee on Higher Education and member of the House Committee on Redistricting, proposed one other bill during the 89(R) legislative session.
Wilson graduated from Texas A&M University in 1990 with a BS.
Terry Wilson is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 20th House district. He replaced previous state representative Marsha Farney in 2017.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 873 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to air quality permits for aggregate production operations and concrete batch plants |
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