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  2. Homestead exemption - Wikipedia

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    Texas allows a deduction, with additional exemptions available for county taxes, people over 65 and people who are disabled. It also requires school districts to offer a $25,000 exemption (but not other taxing districts, such as cities and counties). [11] Texas further limits the assessment increase on a homestead to 10% of the prior year's value.

  3. Homestead exemption in Florida - Wikipedia

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    The homestead exemption in Florida may refer to three different types of homestead exemptions under Florida law: exemption from forced sale before and at death per Art. X, Section 4(a)-(b) of the Florida Constitution; restrictions on devise and alienation, Art. X, Section 4(c) of the Florida Constitution; and exemption from taxation per Art ...

  4. Harris County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Harris County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1990 [12] Pop 2000 [13] Pop 2010 [14] Pop 2020 [15 ...

  5. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    The intent of the Homestead Act of 1862 [24] [25] was to reduce the cost of homesteading under the Preemption Act; after the South seceded and their delegates left Congress in 1861, the Republicans and supporters from the upper South passed a homestead act signed by Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, which went into effect on Jan. 1st, 1863.

  6. Miami-Dade approved a controversial project near Homestead ...

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    A Florida agency isn’t budging in its conclusion that Miami-Dade County messed up the approval process on a 380-acre industrial park outside Homestead, a standoff that may force developers to ...

  7. Southern Homestead Act of 1866 - Wikipedia

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    The Southern Homestead Act opened up 46,398,544.87 acres (about 46 million acres or 190,000 km 2) of public land for sale in the Southern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

  8. Administrative divisions of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas has a total of 254 counties, by far the largest number of counties of any state. Counties in Texas have limited regulatory (ordinance) authority. [1] Counties also have much less legal power than home rule municipalities. They can only pass ordinances (local laws with penalties for violations) in cases where the Texas statutes have given ...

  9. List of counties in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Santa Fe County, Texas formed in 1848 from lands claimed by the Republic of Texas and ceded by Mexico. It included a vast area later becoming portions of several states from New Mexico east of the Rio Grande extending northward into south-central Wyoming. Within Texas' modern boundaries, the county included the Trans-Pecos and most of the ...