Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided October 29, 1980Published

1Opinion of the Court

Honorable Ben Z. Grant Chairman Judiciary Committee House of Representatives Austin, Texas 78769

Honorable Neal Pfeiffer Criminal District Attorney Bastrop County P. O. Box 753 Bastrop, Texas 78602

Re: Failure to timely apply for residence homestead exemptions and related matters

Gentlemen:

Each of you has questioned the effect of a taxpayer's failure to timely apply for a residence homestead exemption from local ad valorem taxes. Representative Grant's inquiry is limited to the exemptions addressed in subsection (c) of article VIII, section1-b of the Texas Constitution. He asks if tax exemptions…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. City of Hutchins v. PrasifkaTexas Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Parks v. WestTexas Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Lower Colorado River Authority v. Chemical Bank & Trust Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1945
  4. Gragg v. Cayuga Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Dickison v. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance SocietyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955

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