Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

The Honorable Edwin Powell, Jr. Opinion No. Ii-898 County Attorney Coryell County Re: Taxation of Farm 711 Main Street Products. Gatesville, Texas 76528 Dear Mr. Powell: You have requested our opinion regarding the construction of article 8, section 19 of the Texas Constitution. That section provides: Farm products in the hands of the producer, and family supplies for home and farm use, are exempt from all taxation until other- wise directed by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to both houses of the Legislature. We have been advised by the Comptroller's office that, in 1879, when…