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89(R) HB 2894 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 2894
AN ACT
relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments
disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax
relief to disabled veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 140.011(a)(2), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Local government" means:
(A) a municipality [
adjacent to a United States
military installation
]; and
(B) a county [
in which a United States military
installation is wholly or partly located
].
SECTION 2. Section 140.011(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) To serve the state purpose of ensuring that the cost of
providing ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans is shared
equitably among the residents of this state, a local government is
entitled to a disabled veteran assistance payment from the state
for each fiscal year that the local government is a qualified local
government. A local government is a qualified local government for
a fiscal year if the amount of lost ad valorem tax revenue
calculated under Subsection (c) for that fiscal year is equal to or
greater than
:
(1)
two percent of the local government's general fund
revenue for that fiscal year
if the local government is:
(A)
a municipality adjacent to a United States
military installation; or
(B)
a county in which a United States military
installation is wholly or partly located; and
(2)
10 percent of the local government's general fund
revenue for that fiscal year if the local government is:
(A) a municipality in a county:
(i)
described by Subdivision (1)(B) that
has a population of:
(a)
more than 370,000 but not more
than 380,000; or
(b)
more than 83,000 but not more than
84,000; or
(ii) described by Paragraph (B); or
(B)
a county with a population of less than
25,000 that is adjacent to two counties that contain the same United
States Army installation, neither of which has a population greater
than 400,000
.
SECTION 3. Section 140.011(a)(2), Local Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to the eligibility of a local
government to apply for a disabled veteran assistance payment
beginning with the fiscal year of the local government that ends in
the 2025 tax year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2894 was passed by the House on April
23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2894 on May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2894 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 19, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor