Bill Text: TX HB2918 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Referred to Appropriations [HB2918 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2918-Introduced.html
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By: Shine | H.B. No. 2918 |
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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. Sections 140.011(a)(1) and (2), Local Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "General fund revenue" means revenue generated by | ||
a local government from any source [ |
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fiscal year and deposited in the dedicated general operating fund | ||
of the local government during that fiscal year, including, if | ||
applicable: | ||
(A) ad valorem taxes; | ||
(B) sales and use taxes; | ||
(C) franchise taxes, fees, or assessments | ||
charged for use of the local government's right-of-way; | ||
(D) building and development fees, including | ||
permit and inspection fees; | ||
(E) court fines and fees; | ||
(F) other fees, assessments, and charges; and | ||
(G) interest earned by the local government. | ||
(2) "Local government" means: | ||
(A) a municipality adjacent to a United States | ||
military installation; [ |
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(B) a county in which a United States military | ||
installation is wholly or partly located; and | ||
(C) a junior college district located wholly or | ||
partly in a municipality described by Paragraph (A). | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the | ||
eligibility of a qualified local government to apply for a disabled | ||
veteran assistance payment beginning with the fiscal year of the | ||
local government that ends in the 2019 tax year. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |