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Brown County resident urges easier access to driver—s license services, says homestead exemption threatened by address issues
Summary
At a county meeting, resident Don Jones described difficulty contacting the Texas driver—s license office and said a one-digit address change on his property could jeopardize his homestead exemption; commissioners acknowledged the concern and offered to contact a congressional office.
Don Jones, a Brown County resident, told commissioners he struggled to update his address with the Texas Department of Public Safety—s driver—s license office after moving 100 yards on his property and warned the change could affect his homestead exemption.
Jones said the state—s homestead-exemption process requires periodic reexamination under a "new law every five years," and that the appraisal district had told him an address discrepancy could lead to withholding an exemption. "I went to change my my address—...My homestead exemption—...it has to be reexamined regarding the new law every 5 years," Jones said. He described multiple failed attempts to use the…
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