Richard wrote:
Very important for seniors and disabled. Remember to vote AND look
for this on the ballot.

You MUST vote in May to keep the Homestead tax cap for 65 and over,
even if you are not 65 yet. If you are a Texas homeowner then this is
important to YOU, no matter what your current age, or if you are
disabled or not. It WILL BENEFIT YOU in the future. It is also very
important to your relatives/friends who are in one of these groups
already. If you agree, please pass along to all on your TEXAS
Residents email lists.

I am sending this email to everyone on my email address list who lives
in Texas. I want to be certain you are aware of a constitutional
amendment that will be on the ballot at the May election. It is an
amendment to correct an error made by the lawmakers when they voted
for a reduction in school property taxes in 2005.

When the lawmakers voted for a one-third reduction in school property
taxes beginning in 2006 and to be completed this year, they FORGOT
about the Homestead Exemption for senior citizens (65 and older) and
people with disabilities. The state constitution caps school property
taxes for homeowners 65 years and older and those who are disabled.
However, they DID NOT get the same reduction when the property tax cut
for schools was voted on two years ago.

So an amendment is on the May ballot to correct this error.

Slight correction:

"Officials at the Office of the Secretary of State say e-mails circulating
about a Homestead Exemption Tax Amendment are fake.
"The e-mail in question says voters must choose whether or not to keep the
homestead tax cap for people 65 and older. Spokeswoman Ashley Burton said
that the e-mails are completely false and that there are no statewide
initiatives on the ballot for the May election."

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/conte...mestead_e.html